Bill, the interface pad last's quite a while, but you are asking the wrong question.
It should be...will my sander's pad last very long without the interface pad? The answer is NO, as Dave and I mentioned in earlier posts.
The hooks on the sander pad will wear because the mesh is so thin, and the friction ruins them.
NEWS FLASH:
Yesterday, at HD, I bought a new Diablo interface pad for $5, and it is different from the ones I currently use The Diablo has holes for any 5 or 8 hole sander. I assume this will collect the dust even better than my old ones which have a pattern for (I assume) Mirka sanders. It would also be easy to punch a center hole for Festool sanders.
Last edited by Rick Potter; 09-17-2021 at 11:57 AM.
Rick Potter
DIY journeyman,
FWW wannabe.
AKA Village Idiot.