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What is a question about sandpaper doing in the hand tool section? Sharpening and plane rehab of course.
I'm slowly moving to other methods of sharpening but the ease and price of scary sharp are hard to let go. Furthermore, I am developing a hand plane class that will include a lesson on sharpening and I figure sandpaper will be the easiest and cheapest way to get a half dozen people "honing" their sharpening skills. In the past I've just gone down to the auto finishing store and gotten it by the sheet but I'm looking for a more economical, bulk supply. In addition to needing it for sharpening, there will also be a rehab section to the class. That means some coarser grits for truing the sole and getting off rust.
Seems like the rolls of sandpaper would be the best ideas for these uses but there are tons of places and prices out there. Does anybody have a goto brand or source? I'm up in the air about adhesive backed. Probably not necessary for the coarser grits but would be useful for the finer grits used in sharpening. I'm not sure what the price diff is between sticky or not.
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Klingspor. Poke around the website for rolls, likely the most economical, then buy some spray on adhesive from 3M. Website here:
http://www.woodworkingshop.com/abrasive-rolls/
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I like 3M wet-or-dry paper the best, but it is the most expensive even in bulk. Klingspor is my next favorite and have had very good luck with it. I've been experimenting with less expensive sandpapers, but the jury is still out. I need more time with it.
I prefer 3M 45 spray adhesive, as the worn out paper is easier to remove than when using 3M Super 77.
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Good call on the Klingspor site. 10M/30 ft for 16 bucks is the best deal I found so far. With it being fastened to a stone or plate glass the light duty, no adhesive backing is just fine and keeps the price down.
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Admiral said:
Klingspor. Poke around the website for rolls, likely the most economical, then buy some spray on adhesive from 3M. Website here:
http://www.woodworkingshop.com/abrasive-rolls/
I had to check to confirm this is Klingpor. It is. +1 to this.
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+1 on Klingspor. I purchased a 10# medium/fine "leftovers" box and have used it to flatten 6 planes and at least 12 chisels. It is a box of industrial sanding roll cutoffs from the end of the roll, many are at least 20" long, some longer. My only complaints if even complaints are it is the ends of the roll, the tightest curls and stiff as all get out. I just forcibly roll them back onto themselves and they flatten well with no creases. My box was mostly in the 180 grit range, I would have liked more 240-320 ish. I have a 27"X 12" piece of glass and I just clamp the paper and glass to my tablesaw top. I later purchased the 320 grit adhesive roll, I liked it but it was just as easy to clamp down the cutoffs. If I had a dedicated small piece of plate or granite I think I would appreciate the adhesive roll more. Overall the bargain boxes I think are a great value, it got me a good selection of high quality paper to have for all those miscellaneous uses on the cheap.
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Another +1 for Klingspor. I have an odd size ROS and Klingspor reliably has what I need in stock. Good sandpaper too!
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+1 on the Klingspor bargain box. It is by FAR the best deal I've seen when it comes to dollar per square footage.
Also, the stuff is cloth-backed and lasts longer than your normal paper-backed sandpaper, especially if you're willing to clean it off with a brush or compressed air. But it's also cheap enough that you can go through a lot without feeling like you're being wasteful. And I don't know about you, but that pleases the Protestant-work-ethic part of my brain very much.
The only downside is that it's very stiff in the lower grits, so you have to cut it into pretty small pieces if you're sanding contours.
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Bargain box hard to find on the site; here's the link
http://www.woodworkingshop.com/product/bb00010/ When they had a Charlotte store, I used to go in and pick through the bargain bin of sandpaper, sold by the pound; I'm still working through what is left, and its been 15 years since I moved north.
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For the best prices, quality and selection, a guy can't beat
http://www.supergrit.com/
