Sanding Concave Surfaces With DIY Foam Pad/Random Orbital

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Sanding Concave Surfaces With DIY Foam Pad/Random Orbital

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How to sand concave topographical surfaces without buying a fancy foam-padded attachment for your Random Orbital Sander

Cut Polystyrene Into a Circle the Same Shape As Your Pad

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Cut Polystyrene into a circle the same shape as your pad

Spray Adhere One Circular Sheet of Hook&loop to Foam

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use spray adhesive to attach hook&loop paper with the fuzzy side out. 

Attach Sanding Disk to the Other Side

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attach sanding disk (sand paper out) to the other side of the foam.  

now you have a thickened piece of sand paper backed by foam that can follow concave and convex surfaces