Selecting The Sanding Sheet - Bosch GEX Professional 125 A Manual Original

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Selecting the Sanding Sheet

Depending on the material to be worked and the required rate of material removal, different sanding
sheets are available:
Material
– Paint
– Varnish
– Filling compound
– Filler
– All wooden materials
(e. g., hardwood, soft-
wood, chipboard,
building board)
– Metal materials
– Masonry, stone
– Marble
– Granite
– Ceramic
– Glass
– Plexiglas
– Automotive paint
– Corian®
– Varicor®
Selection of the Sanding Plate
Depending on the application, the machine can
be equipped with sanding plates of different
hardness:
– Soft sanding plate: Suitable for polishing and
sensitive sanding (also for curved surfaces).
– Medium sanding plate: Suitable for all sand-
ing applications and general-purpose use.
– Hard sanding plate: Suitable for high sanding
capacity on flat surfaces.
Bosch Power Tools
Application
For sanding off paint
For sanding primer (e. g., for removing brush
dashes, drops of paint and paint run)
For final sanding of primers before coating
For coarse-sanding, e. g. of rough, unplaned
beams and boards
For face sanding and planing small irregular-
ities
For finish and fine sanding of wood
For pre-sanding
For shaping and braking edges
For final sanding and forming
For polish-sanding and rounding off edges
Replacing the Sanding Plate
(see figure B)
Note: Replace a damaged sanding plate 8 imme-
diately.
Pull off the sanding sheet or polishing tool.
Completely unscrew the screw 10 and take off
the sanding plate 8. Attach the new sanding
plate 8 and tighten the screw again.
Note: When attaching the sanding plate, pay at-
tention that the toothing of the drive element
engage into the openings of the sanding plate.
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Grain size
coarse 40
60
medium 80
100
120
fine 180
400
coarse 40
60
medium 80
100
120
fine 180
240
320
400
coarse 60
medium 80
100
120
fine 180
240
320
400
very fine 600
1200
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