Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Why You Need a Sander + Giveaway!
***This giveaway is now closed!***
Welcome to day #3 of our amazing week of giveaways aponsored by Stack Exchange's DIY and Home Impovement Board! It's a great place to ask and give answers (or snoop at other people's Q&A's, like we do!). Today is a fun one. Another product you don't know you need, until you own it. Remember a bit ago Joey turned a $40 piece of reclaimed wood into our entryway table?
To be honest it was a gross-o piece of wood we weren't sure what to do with until we discovered the power of the sander. Follow me young grasshopper and learn...
I hope you know I was kidding about the grasshopper thing :). As you can see Joey turned the gross wood into a gem with some elbow grease and a little wax. We LOVE Milwakee and Makita brands when it comes to tools as you may have noticed. Nothing against the other guys, just seems to last a long time and tends to have quality accessories.
So what's in it for you? A new sander of course! Welcome the one we would have gotten if it had been available when we were in need.
Get your pretty little DIY Hands on this beauty! Also don't forget to check out the "sanders" at Stack Exchange and add your Q&A's to the mix! Seriously! DIY is about community and sharing what you know while learning from others. This is such a great place to share that exchange.
Giveaway info:
- Prize: Care of Stack Exchange: Home Improvement One (1) Makita 5 inch Random Orbit Sander MSRP $180.00
- How to Enter: If you got your hands on this baby, what would you use it for?
- Extra Entry: Tweet: @StackDIY is hosting giveaways all week on @makeahouseahome! Come back and comment that you did!
- Giveaway Ends: Tuesday October 4th at 9:00pm EST
- How Many Lucky Winners?!: One (1)
- Ships to: US Only
- Also: Please only enter once, with the exception of the extra entry. We select our winners using random.org and will select a winner by October 6th and notify by email, so use a real email address!
Reader Comments (112)
Fixing a house full of sticky doors.
I would sand all of those ink stamps off of the boards on my new wrap around porch!
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The first thing I would tackle would be the big sturdy coffee table i salvaged from my Chicago alley! It's awesome, but it could use a good sanding!
I have a couple furniture refinishing projects i need to do...this would help!!
i would love one of these - first project: new dining room table made out of reclaimed wood. fingers crossed!
I refinish furniture, and my sander is soooo close to biting the dust (literally).
oh I would love to win this! I have been planning to purchase a new sander. I have two dressers that need refinishing and sanding of course!
Love this! I would refinish my kitchen table.
I would use it to make a sweet reclaimed coffee table!
I would use it on this table we got from the trash!!! Yes it is a beautiful wood table that needs some love! We just bought a house and we are trying to make it a home little by little. Leaving no extra budget to buy items such as this great sander!! :)
I have a butcher block island that desperately needs to be refinished. This little puppy would do the trick!
Hmmm... our foyer table for one! And not much else would be safe!
I recently picked up couple old wooden chairs that I've been dying to sand down, stain, and reupholster. I was JUST thinking about getting a sander for this purpose so this is very exciting!!
we want to paint our billy bookcases from ikea and need a sander to make the wood grippy for the primer and paint.
even your sander looks like an antique.
goodness gracious.
I just scored a previously-owned but never opened pneumatic finish nailer and miter saw from a guy at work ($110 for the pair!!) and I'm itching to do some projects with decorative molding. My ancient non-orbital sander certainly could certainly use an upgrade.
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/robodaniel/status/119145690231353345
Well this would be one less tool my Father would be lending me on a consistent basis hehe ;-)
Oh wow, I've been wanting a sander all year! I want to refinish a table and chair set I got at Kmart 6 years ago so that it can go and live on our outdoor terrace. Awesome giveaways, thanks! :)
I would love to use this to make a dining room table, but probably first I would refinish an old door with 100 years worth of paint on it!
I would sand and stain our kitchen table and our coffee table!
I would use the sander to help refinish the kitchen cabinets...
I re-tweeted as well @citygirljojo
Sanding down my old pull around garage doors into a patio table! and our CL dining room table find and my buffet that I found at an antique store oh and probably to help us build our patio! SO many projects!
Use it to finish two solid wood - 5 panel doors I found in my husband's basement back in MA - and hang them as sliding barn-doors to the pantry.