Festool RO150FEQ 6” Rotex Sander and RO125FEQ 5” Rotex Sander

Woodworkers, Solid Surface Fabricators, and Auto Body Shops can all make their jobs a little easier by investing in a Festool Rotex Sander. The sander has dual-mode capability which makes heavy removal, fine finishing, and even polishing a snap!

Contractors and woodworkers can bring a rough, raw piece of wood to a glorious fine-finish shine within minutes with the RO150FEQ 6” Rotex Sander and the RO125FEQ 5” Rotex Sander. The steps go something like this:

1. Grab a rough piece of wood.


2. Remove your Festool Rotex Sander from its systainer and plug it in.


3. StixFix on a coarse piece of abrasive sandpaper, such as 6” 36-grit Rubin.


4. Use your thumb to switch the sander into Rotary mode. The toggle switch is located on the top of the sander, and you should push the switch to the right to get into the gear-driven rotary mode.


5. Turn the sander on, apply the abrasive to the wood, and begin sanding. Because you are in the aggressive rotary sanding mode, you’ll need 2 hands to prevent the pad from jumping.


6. Once you’ve sanded and see visual results, begin moving up in grits. Next you can grab a 50-grit abrasive sheet and repeat the sanding...from there keep moving up in grits. For bare wood, you want to use Festool’s Rubin abrasive sandpaper up to 180-grit and then switch over to Festool Brilliant abrasive sandpaper, beginning at 220-grit. You can use the Brilliant paper up to 400-grit, then switch over to Platin 2, 500-grit for a fine, fine finish. You can actually go all the way up to 4000-grit Platin for a mirror-smooth finish! Use some water at this point, which will bring out the beautiful natural texture within your wood.

There are many types of abrasives available for Festool sanders. Besides the Rubin for bare wood mentioned above, this includes different types of abrasives for paint, plastics, solid surface, heavy-duty materials, metal and more. Basically, if anyone wants to sand anything, Festool probably has the right abrasive for their application.