9" disc sander: Peel & stick Discs or make your own with adhesive?

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Do you buy your own adhesive and make your 9" sanding discs or buy peel & stick? How do you keep your disc clean?
 
I usually make my own, but I've used some peel 'n stick ones before. I prefer to make them myself - about 1/3 of the price, and the spray contact adhesive comes off easily enough with rubbing alcohol if I want to clean the disc.
 
Wayne Coe sells the Nielsen Disc system. He uses and sells the 3M feathering adhesive

waynecoeartistblacksmith.com/Forge_Supplies.html

I have some of the Blaze 9" self stick and like them. But, they're hard to get centered if you use the disc on your plunges.
Chuck Richards used his 9" disc to grind the bevels including the plunges with his disc. He used 9"x11" sheets and trimmed them with a knife. I'm ordering some sheets to try it too.
 
Yeah, I use the 3M Repositionable 75 spray. I bought a few cans from TruGrit a while ago along with a bunch of other stuff. Not sure if its the same as what you can buy at Wally-world.

I've also used the tubes of feathering adhesive, but they're messy and uneven in my experience.
 
Thanks guys..Mostly need it for flatning forged tangs but Im sure it will be handy for other things too..
 
I use 3M super 77 spray adhesive on my aluminum disc. Cleans up nicely with laquer thinner and a razorblade to scrape the goo off. Also if you make your own discs, make them 8 7/8" diameter so you have 1/16" on each side to get the sheet on even.

I bet you will be dovetailing bolsters soon with it and finding all kinds of uses! I love mine!


-Xander
 
I use the 3m Feathering adhesive it works great and 9x11 sheets of sand paper I like the rhino red line. I don't know how I would get by with out it now, use it for all kind of things.
 
Yep the disc is the way to go. I too have found the feathering adhesive "bumpy". I prefer the PSA discs. I really like the Norton Blaze 9" discs but have had problems with them sticking when it is cold. They can go frisbeeing around which is kind of exciting in its own self.
 
I found to avoid the glue bumps, the surface of my aluminum disc has a very shallow tooling marks in a spiraling groove. Not much, but just enough to help the glue build up without pushing the paper up.


-Xander
 
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