Harbor Freight "wet" palm sander?

[KMoffett]

Has anyone had any experience with these: https://www.harborfreight.com/5-inch...der-66881.html

I need to clean up some rectangular steel tube for powder coating and don't have a sand blaster. Saw this in my local Harbor Freight store. I asked where the 5" Hook-n-Loop wet sanding disks for it were. The manager said, with a sort of embarrassed look, "Oh...we don't carry those. Maybe Menard's or Home Depot does."

The disks are on Amazon and probably at the auto stores. But is this a good tool?

Ken

[RichR]

You also need to ask yourself whether your compressor is big enough to run it. They list it as 9CFM @ 90PSI.

[KMoffett]

Good catch Rich. Probably not.

Ken

[Fasttrack]

But is this a good tool?

Almost certainly not. Sometimes you can find gems at HF. This does not appear to be one.

[Bill Pace]

While not that particular sander, I have one that looks a whole lot like it from HF some 8-10 yrs ago - though not advertised as 'wet' capable. I have used it a fair amount and it is still going. As Rich pointed out it likes air, but most air tools do....