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)
I would use this for a project I'm planning: a small table from a slice of an old tree we had cut down.
Holy cow, what a giveaway! I need a sander so badly. I can think of about a hundred projects this would help me with, refinishing a dresser, a cedar chest, and building a new dining room table! Thanks for the great week of give aways!
I have several pieces of furniture I want to refinish, so I could definitely use this!!
We would be very brave and use this to refinish our laundry door frame!
I would refinish my coffee table and side tables!
I would have no more excuses as to why I can't refinish the kitchen table now! I would also put a buffer on it and polish a piece of marble.
OMG do we need a sander@! All of our trim is peeling off, due to previous owners experimenting with oil over latex paint. We need to sand in every room of the house! Aargh!
I'd use it to prep the unfinished bookcases I just bought
We always have something needing sanding.
We have several pieces of furniture needing to be sanded & refinished
I will be using this to refinish my antique bed frame!
I have a night stand wating for some love!
Ah man, I need this sooo bad! I'm constantly borrowing my dad's sander! I have several projects lined up but the first would have to be a strip and paint of a cute hope chest I found :)
The table on our porch looks like your "before" wood. No bueno. This would help us get started - no excuses!
We desperately need a sander! I've been eying one for months now and would love to purchase some cheap, old and dingy furniture so I could turn it into something beautiful!
Awesome!! I would totally make an entry way table similar to yours, in all honesty. I love it. Or, if I was feeling particularly ambitious, I would make a raw wood desktop and finish it off with hairpin legs. Yes please!
I tweeted @frugalnashville!
I've been wanting to make a desk out of reclaimed wood. This is my chance!
We are buying a 1920's stone farmhouse in the Hudson River Valley and the wood floors are in various states of disrepair. I'd probably start my sanding there! ooooh, I hope I win!
omg i would love to have this. i just inherited my great grandmothers armoire, dresser, and cedar chest that i desperately need to refinish!! this would help me get the job done in no time!! awesome giveaway!
just tweeted this awesome giveaway!! @ahasserd626
Ohhhh refinish my kitchen cabinets!!
Oh yeah, and I tweeted as well
I want to try refinishing or building furniture. And we have a very sticky door that needs some help!
I tweeted!