DIYbanter - View Single Post - Need replacement foam rubber for Palm Sander

Leon[_7_]

On 3/29/2018 5:34 AM, wrote:
I picked up a Ryobi Palm Sander at an auction. It runs well, but there
is supposed to be a foam rubber on the pad where the sandpaper goes.
Little of that pad remains. Most of it is bare metal, with a few globs
of that foam remaining. I have looked at several palm sanders at the
hardware store and all of them, regardless of brand, have a black foam
rubber which is about 1/8" thick.

I'm sure that I am not the only guy who has a sander without the foam
rubber. I have not contacted Ryobi yet, and I have a feeling that this
tool may be obsolete, since it looks kind of old. I also have a feeling
they would only sell that whole pad or base of the tool with the metal
and everything as one piece, if parts were still available.

Anyhow, I wonder if anyone on here has ever seen this foam rubber
material sold in bulk sheets, so someone can just cut it to fit any
sander and glue it on. (I'd probably use contact cement). After removing
all the remains of the old stuff.

I would contact Ryobi, the replacement may not be as much as you may be
worried about.