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Best sanding tool?
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If you have several tools on hand, just try each of them out on it and see which you like best. Don't overthink it.
Aside from that, in general a belt sander tends to be a more agressive tool than an orbital sander. You might use the former first, then switch to the latter for the final smoothing.