Never really felt the need for an angle grinder until now, so I've never paid much attention to them.
But now with two bathroom renovations we have to refinish the outsides of two clawfoot tubs. Seems like an angle grinder with the right head would work well.
Question number one: would a grinder with a wire brush head work to strip the paint off the cast iron? Some is loose, other parts are pretty well attached.
Question number two: Since the tub project will fall mainly to my wife--she wanted the damned things--and she is a pretty small woman, I'm thinking we need a small sized grinder. She really liked this one at HD since it is easy to hold.
http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hard...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
Could get a more powerful grinder for the same price, so I'm on the fence.
Any reason I shouldn't get this model? It DID feel good to hold in the store, and at the ripe old age of 44 I'm starting to like small sized tools, too.
thanks--Bill
But now with two bathroom renovations we have to refinish the outsides of two clawfoot tubs. Seems like an angle grinder with the right head would work well.
Question number one: would a grinder with a wire brush head work to strip the paint off the cast iron? Some is loose, other parts are pretty well attached.
Question number two: Since the tub project will fall mainly to my wife--she wanted the damned things--and she is a pretty small woman, I'm thinking we need a small sized grinder. She really liked this one at HD since it is easy to hold.
http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hard...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
Could get a more powerful grinder for the same price, so I'm on the fence.
Any reason I shouldn't get this model? It DID feel good to hold in the store, and at the ripe old age of 44 I'm starting to like small sized tools, too.
thanks--Bill