large-disc wall grinder buying guide: 180mm pad, 1400W
A painting crew hands you two complaints at once: sanding plaster walls takes too long, and the machine is too heavy to hold overhead. Cirelto's wholesale answer from Wenzhou, China is the CI-G180 — a 180mm pad on a 1400W motor at 2.5 kg. This guide covers what it is, who it serves, and how to specify it.
by peter zhang · sep 17, 2026
one number defines the class: 180mm
The CI-G180 is the only line in the range that runs a full 180mm hook & loop pad — 1400W and 800–1800 r/min behind it, 2.5 kg in the hand. It is the fast-pass machine for plaster and putty; the cup-wheel machines remain the tools for heavier stock removal.
what a large-disc wall grinder is — and what it isn't
The Cirelto wall-grinder range splits by consumable. The CI-G750 and CI-G750B are wheel-base machines: a shrouded wheel head with vacuum-hose extraction, built for sanding passes where dust control is the selling point. The CI-G180 is a pad machine — a 180mm hook & loop disc on a direct handheld body, extracting through the pad shroud. In practice that makes it the surface-finishing tool of the range: smoothing plaster and putty coats ahead of paint, where coverage speed and finish quality matter more than aggressive stock removal.
For a distributor the distinction is a shelf-planning decision, not an either/or. The pad machine serves the repainting and finishing trade; the wheel machines serve heavier prep work. Stocking both covers the full wall-dressing job from first pass to paint-ready.
CI-G180 spec sheet
| spec | CI-G180 |
|---|---|
| type | handheld wall grinder |
| input power | 1400W |
| voltage | 220V~ / 50Hz |
| no-load speed | 800–1800 r/min |
| pad diameter | 180mm, hook & loop |
| net weight | 2.5 kg |
Two numbers do the selling. The 180mm pad is the working width — every pass covers more wall than a small-pad machine, and hook & loop mounting means a pad change takes seconds, not tools. The 1400W motor is the largest in the range, holding speed under pad pressure on wide passes.
the 2.5 kg factor: one-hand overhead work
The applications list on the large-disc wall grinder (CI-G180) product page names the trio directly: wall sanding, surface smoothing before painting, and one-hand overhead work. That third entry is the 2.5 kg talking — a kilo and a bit less than the wheel-base machines, light enough that the operator's second hand is free to steady a hose, move a ladder or guide an edge. On ceilings, soffits and upper wall bands, crews feel the difference by mid-morning.
the consumable question: 180mm hook & loop pads
A pad machine earns its margin on the pads, so plan the consumable line when you plan the machine. The CI-G180 takes 180mm hook & loop sanding pads — grit selection runs coarse-to-fine with the finishing passes — and pads are a repeat purchase for every crew that owns the machine. Cirelto's online catalog currently focuses on the machine lines themselves; confirm pad supply, grits and MOQ with us directly in your enquiry so the machine and its consumable land as one planned category rather than an orphan SKU.
who stocks it, and next to what
The CI-G180 slots into a wall-prep category in one of two ways. As the volume line: markets dominated by repainting and finishing work — where the pad is the right consumable — can lead with it and add a wheel machine for heavy prep. As the complement: hardware assortments that already stock the 3-wheel CI-G750 add the CI-G180 to cover the finishing pass and the overhead niche, at a 2.5 kg weight point nothing else on the shelf matches. Both models share the grinding & polishing category page, and the 3-wheel vs 4-wheel wall grinder comparison covers how the wheel machines split between themselves.
For the spares and accessories angle across the range — cups, brushes and extraction — the wall grinder accessories buying guide has the details.
faq
Is the CI-G180 dust-free?
It is dust-managed: extraction runs through the pad shroud rather than a vacuum-hosed wheel base like the CI-G750/750B. For finishing passes on plaster and putty — where the dust load is fine powder, not concrete stock — the shroud handles the working cloud.
What pad does the CI-G180 take?
A 180mm hook & loop sanding pad. That is the largest pad diameter in the Cirelto range, which is where the "large-disc" name comes from. Pad supply is confirmed per order — include pad requirements in your enquiry when you plan the machine order.
How heavy is it compared with the other wall grinders?
At 2.5 kg it is the lightest machine in the range — 1.1 kg lighter than the 3-wheel CI-G750 (3.6 kg) and 1.4 kg lighter than the 4-wheel CI-G750B (3.9 kg). That is what makes genuine one-hand and overhead work practical.
What MOQ and OEM terms apply?
The site-wide floor is MOQ 10 pcs per SKU, so the CI-G180 can open a category on its own. OEM private label runs from 50 pcs, and samples ship in 5-7 days via DHL/FedEx so you can put the machine in a crew's hands before committing to volume.
ask for the CI-G180 spec pack
full specifications, packing details and current pad availability — we'll send the pack and a sample-quote the same week.