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Hand Sanding: Necessary Evil made Tolerable

Written by Scott Burt on November 25, 2011 in Manual Sanders, Sanding and Dust Collection, Tools, Uncategorized with 5 Comments

Sometimes We do some Hand Sanding… …and the Festool Hand Sanding Kit (HSK) provides solutions. Eliminating hand sanding is generally a surface prep efficiency goal for painters and wood/drywall finishers. Especially for us, for instance, on a friday when we are trying to bust out a final skim coat and head for the mountains. At […]

Radius 360 and Trigon 180 sander Review (2011)

Written by Scott Burt on May 25, 2011 in Manual Sanders, Product Reviews, Publications, Sanding and Dust Collection, Tools, Uncategorized with 4 Comments

Our review of the Full Circle International sanding system appears on pages 8 and 9 of the May 2011 issue of American Painting Contractor magazine in the column “From the Field”, by Scott Burt. FCI is one of the sponsors of our Contractor Blog Post Contest, generously contributing their products to go to one contest […]

Three In One (2008)

Written by Scott Burt on November 26, 2010 in Lighting, Manual Sanders, Product Reviews, Tools, Uncategorized with 1 Comment

Update: FCI Radius 360 & Trigon 180 Sander Review (2011) Three practical tools in one article! The Husky Telescoping Tripod Light The Wooster Dust Eater Full Circle International Radius 360 sander That could make someone the beginnings of a nice Christmas list.

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