Cheap sanding disc and pad sets for drill.

[SFTWend]

Very annoyed with myself for lightly curbing the rim of my nsf alloy wheel. Will not be admitting this to the wife! I've watched a couple of YT videos and am fairly confident I can carry out the repair myself.

Has anyone purchased one of the very cheap (e.g. 140 discs of varying grit for £10) sanding disc and pad sets from Amazon/Ebay that fit a drill? If so, money wasted or will they do the job? Or would I be better off buying some wet and dry sheets and applying elbow grease?

I'm not inclined to spend loads as I'd rather pay a professional than purchase something of a similar cost that hopefully wont be used often.

Links to anything decent appreciated please.

TIA.

[shtu]

I'd probably just use hand sanding sheets, maybe some of those flexible sanding pads.

[Robertb]

Yes, I think I’d work by hand… easier to meter out the effort and pressure. I can imagine things could quickly go wrong trying to sand a precise area with a drill. You can get dedicated repair kits online.

[DaveF-SkinnysAutos]

Get hand sheets and a hard pad, not a soft one.

You need low hundred, like P120, P180 to remove the damage then work up through them to remove your previous sanding marks, so P240/300, then move up into P400 upwards until you are happy its smoothing out.

I assume you mean the wheel isn't painted? You will get a better finish wet sanding anything P1000 upwards.

[SFTWend]

Thank you very much all. A clear consensus of opinion, confirmed by a professional.