Have you ever used or tried ?

[Driwash]

Have you ever used or tried a Dewalt 423 palm DA? I stopped at a yard sale and found a Dewalt 423 palm DA new in the box. It still had the plastic strap around the box. Talked to the owner, he said he had never used it. So I paid $20.00 for it and took a chance on it. When I got home I looked it up to see if I had made a good deal. Well I hit a home run, They sell for for in the 180.00 range.

Was thinking it would be a great sander for projects.

Saturday I did an experiment to see how it would do with a foam pad for polishing. The windshield on the wifes car had lots of hard water marks, so I used a orange pad with some M105 and a white pad with M205.

It has a variable speed setting, started at 3 then moved up to 6. Wow, this thing is powerful. I marked the backing plate to watch for spinning. It took major pressure to stop the backing plate, major major pressure, it is a brute.

The results on the windshield turned out great. My wife came out to see what I was doing and I showed her the windshield. She drives the Liberty every day so she knows very well how it looked before polishing. She said, it looked like a new windshield, "it sparkles".

I have used other DA's but wonder why this one keeps the backing plate spinning so well. Have any of you used or tried one of these DA's

I am also wondering how it would work on paint correction, maybe it would work with a little practice and a light touch.

Any feed back would be great,

Tom

 

[dsottum]

It may have forced rotation like the flex da instead of a counter-weight like the pc and GG models

 

[mark58]

It's a sander and comes with dust bag.
DeWalt DW423 Orbital Sander w/ Case & Extra Discs | eBay

$35.00 plus shipping

 

[opie_7afe]

let us know how it works on paint for correctional ability, maybe some of these sanders can be used for paint. who knows! but you scored a great deal there. even if you dont use it for paint. good to have a sander for projects!

 

[Flash Gordon]

Tom

The unit is crappy. I will take it off your hands for $40 because I am a nice guy

Regards

Flash

 

[Driwash]

Tom

The unit is crappy. I will take it off your hands for $40 because I am a nice guy

Regards

Flash

Nice guys finish last, so I will keep my crappy sander.,,,,,:bash:

I have an idea, drive to FL and we can test it out on your car to see how is works on paint,,,,,:buffing::buffing:

Tom

 

[BillyJack]

I've had a 423 for years as my finish sander for wood projects-a good, durable unit. Biggest problem using it on paint is the speed. OPM range is 7,000 to 10,000, whereas a PC is 2500-6800, IIRC. There are not many polishes and compounds that are designed to be applied at that high of a speed. I have tried it on paint and it works OK, but my advice is to replace it with a PC or equivalent at your earliest opportunity.

Bill

Bill