sanding mop vs sanding flee

[Pancho]

New to scrolling. Can someone tell me the difference between a sanding mop and a sanding flee.  Thanks

[don in brooklin on]

lots of videos on youtube on sanding mops but Steve did one a few years ago and it can be seen at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95YOx1Zicqs

The Sand flee is a surface sander and Steve's review is at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfR2Aapzv0

[Pancho]

Thanks for the info.  What confused me was the flee/mop at this site

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00921297000P?sid=IMx20120601x002000-Tools-activeusers

It uses flee and mop in the name of the product.  Sand Flee maybe the name of the product.  Have seen other site that call the product a "flee" but looks like a mop to me.

Thanks

[don in brooklin on]

RJR studios who make the sandflee also make sanding mops.  It looks like Jflex that I use on my lathe and is very good.

My guess is that they want to take avdantand of the brand name and attachment to add the mop on the side of the Sandflee

JRJ web site is

url]http://rjrstudios.com/Index.aspx[/url

[julief]

The sand flea has a 1/2" chuck on the side that you can attach any sanding mop to.  You do not have to buy the ones from RJR studios.  I bought mine from Klingspor woodworking.  The are exceptional quality.

[ChuckD]

The sand flea has a 1/2" chuck on the side that you can attach any sanding mop to.  You do not have to buy the ones from RJR studios.  I bought mine from Klingspor woodworking.  The are exceptional quality.

That is also where I get my Sanding mops, and I don't have a sanding flee.  I use them in my drill press.

[pddesertrat]

Just a little off topic here, but I wanted to give thanks for this thread.  My son-in-law is refinishing his kitchen cabinets.  The doors have some grooves in them that he was really struggling with and in fact even though the kitchen is all tore up with the doors off everything he still was avoiding the sanding.

I read this thread and looked at the sanding mop site posted here and emailed him the info, telling him this might work good on his cabinet doors.  Well he went to Harbor Freight and bought some real cheapies but they worked great, got the grooves done in one days worth of work.  So THANKS for this thread and the info it provided.  And, I'm going to order myself a real sanding mop.

[julief]

I can't do without them.  I have various grits in both 4" and 6".  I use the 4" in my drill press and the 6" in my sand flea.  You can make them yourself but that is a total pain in the backside.