great tool

I had two quotes to paint my 3000 sq. ft. ranch house: $5000 and $6000. The main reason was a the labor involved in scraping and sanding and the thirty windows. The house was in bad shape.



Not one to easily depart with 5 grand I decided to paint the thing myself. This was the first tool I bought and I have to say it has payed for itself ten times over. It took an entire week of sanding with the machine and unlike others it performed flawlessly. I went through three disks so you may want to pick up a disk or two depending on how big your project is.



I removed the gray plastic shield surrounding the disk. Simply squeeze it and it pops right off. The reason was I couldn't get the machine close enough to those tight spots and it was blocking my view. Plus I was wearing safety goggles and a respirator (a must have unless you like lung cancer very fine dust particles) so flying chips weren't a problem.



You can use the machine to feather edge every single paint chip and pock mark as if your restoring an 18th century piece of furniture or just run it along and quickly knock down the chips. Depends on how much time you have. I found that in places where people will be notice like near the patio it worked well to spend extra time to get a nice smooth surface. Other places I just quickly moved it along and in some really tucked away spots I just used a scraper but it simply doesn't do as nice a job.



As far as durability if you apply a lot of pressure you can definitely hear the motor bog down. As an electrical engineer I can assure you that running a motor at full load to point of where it almost stalls will severly shorten the lifespan. I had good results just applying very little pressure and letting the machine do the work.



Overall if your tackling a big job I'd definitely give it a try.More detail ...

Quality sandpaper does the job.

Not much to say other than the product works as well as most quality sandpaper. Stay away from the cheap stuff buy quality sandpaper like this. Works well wet or dry tried it both ways. Quite durable too.More detail ...

works as expected

Very nice quality no suprises -- does a great job putting a bur on my card scraper.More detail ...

Well worth the money

My trusty Sawzall is probably the one small power tool I could not live without so when I saw the Grout Grabber for the first time purchasing it was a relatively easy decision. The white grout around a shower in our home had past its prime and replacing it became the Grout Grabber's first challenge. In less than 2 hours the grout between the 6x6 tiles had been worked down low enough to allow for a new grout application. Wow! Try 2 days or more with a traditional hand tool. The blade action held up well--no noticable ware. I had no trouble reaching all angles and surfaces. The only mistake I made was not buying additional blades when I originally purchased the Grout Grabber--it only comes with one and unless you have 1/16" grout lines you'll want at least 2 blades.More detail ...

Great price easy to swap blade around

This blade is a great price and is very very sharp. I had to use it only on my glass top stove for a few days before I could start using it on my countertops since it is so sharp. It's easy to pull the blade out and swap it's position so the sharp side is protected. Great for windows and glass top stoves. I love the convenient small size.More detail ...

Its as good as it gets!

This tool must be the greatest wood working secret in the world! I learned about it in a wood-finishing book. The scraper is to sandpaper what a word processor is to a typewriter. When sharpened properly the scraper smoothes wood faster and better than sandpaper ever will. Learning to sharpen the scraper is easy. You just need a vise an 8" mill file and a burnishing tool (which I highly recommend you purchase). Youtube has several clips showing how to sharpen a scraper. The scrapers are high quality steel and are made in England.More detail ...