Scotch Brite Belts

RJSmith

RJSmith

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Does anyone use these to get a satin finish? Sheffields has them in coarse, medium, very fine, and super fine. I am perplexed as to what grit to get. :confused:
 
I use them on some working knives. they blend the scratch pattern nicely.
The coarseness you want will depend on the grit of the final abrasive belt you want to use.
I have coarse, medium and fine. I use the medium and fine most of the time, that is because I generally go to a minimum of 320 finish.
Hope this helps a little.
 
What color are the course medium and fine, I have a maroon scotchbrite belt that seems very course, I don't like the finish it leaves, it is too rough in my opinion. I have only tried it on one knife, maybe it would be better if wore the belt in a little bit first.
Kyle Fuglesten
 
Sheffields has them listed as Brown= Coarse, Maroon= Medium, Blue= Very Fine, Gray= Super Fine. I would like to try them for putting a satin finish on, but would like to get by with buying only one or two. My guess is that I should go with the very fine belt after finishing with 400 grit. If anyone has any suggestions please chime in.
 
I tried the super fine belt, but didn't like the results. It didn't give a fine enough finish, IMO, nor did allow me to keep the grind lines crisp.

Brett
 
I use the super fine after grinding to at least 265
grit and some times to 400 grit works good. It helpes
to get the scratch marks all going the same direction
befor using them. Gib
 
I use a maroon/medium belt, and it leaves an OK finish after you break in the belt a little bit. I usually buff it with white rouge to make it a little shinier afterwards. Would like to try a very fine belt sometime too.
 
I only have the blue one but it works good to show up any scratches that I haven't spotted before.
Learning, Lynn
 
They leave a very nice finish but they can be very dangerous too. They can grab a blade as bad as a buffer....but only more deceivingly!
 
Amen on the grabbing a blade part! My blue Scotchbrite belt has a small hole in the middle where it caught a blade once. Yanked that blade out of my hands faster than OJ could say, "Yippee, I got away with it!"

I still use the scotchbrite belt, but make sure that any edge or point is not even close to it.
 
I LOVE SCOTCHBRITE ! absolutley love it. I use all grits on my knives now. It's a recent thing for me but it will probably permanent. They cut down on grinding time and finishing time significantly. Like others have said here, they keep the scratch pattern very uniform. If for some reason there was a slight wave on the main bevel or hollow you can take it right out without over grinding the blade and ruining it. The coarse belt will do it with ease, then build to the higher grits. When you get to the super fine just buff it afterwards....looks awesome ! especially for a working knife !, if you are making collectors pieces you can do the same but then do the rest by hand after all the "scotch briting" is done. Scotchbrite lines will never be as fine as hand sanding a blade but they still look great...:D
 
RickNJ, when I got mine, many years ago, they only had three types. Maroon(coarse), blue(medium), and Gray(fine). I find the maroon too coarse for anything but the nastiest of rust removal, etc., The gray I will use on knives with an aprox., 600 grit finish, just to blend. The blue I would use on 320-400grit, if I wanted to blend or subdue the finish a little. You just have to experiment. And like Danbo said, be careful. :eek:
 
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