Wood & Metal Sandpaper

colu41

colu41

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I've seen this question come up a lot but, I'm having trouble figuring out what I need and where to get it from.

I do a lot of hand sanding on my blades, and I'm currently use a black silicon carbide paper and works great. But using that same paper on my handle materials, especially wood, seems to leave residue in the pores.

Do I need an actual garnet type paper for wood? If so, wheres the best place to buy from? Going to try and order all of what I need at once so, if I can get both from the same place that would be great.
 
This probably sounds silly, but I use Ace garnet for all my wood work, not just knives, and duct tape back it to make sure it doesn't rip if your shoe shining with it or putting extra stress on it.
 
You get it in bulk? Sounds expensive if your buying by the 5 pack or whatever they are. I may look into some shop rolls because I do a lot of the "shoe shining" as you say when deep cutting and rounding handles. And the 1" rolls will also work with my sanding block so. Hmm
 
once I found Norton paper from lee valley, I haven't looked back. I'm sure there may be others that are just as good... maybe better, who knows, but this stuff works awesome and I can get it all in one place.

p.s. nic... that duct tape on the back of the paper is brilliant! I shoe shine everything and end up ripping 1/3 of the pieces long before I wear them out.
 
colu41 said:
You get it in bulk? Sounds expensive if your buying by the 5 pack or whatever they are. I may look into some shop rolls because I do a lot of the "shoe shining" as you say when deep cutting and rounding handles. And the 1" rolls will also work with my sanding block so. Hmm
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Yea, you can get the packages with lots of pieces in them ( I forget how many exactly) or just individually. It works out to about a buck a piece. My local ace has the 1" rolls, but I think they are all emery cloth, not garnet.
 
I just trued rynowet paper. I made the mistake of using aluminum oxide to try and finish sand steel as well.

Google will quickly tell you what a "grit" is made of and what its best for.
 
rustyrazor said:
once I found Norton paper from lee valley, I haven't looked back. I'm sure there may be others that are just as good... maybe better, who knows, but this stuff works awesome and I can get it all in one place.

p.s. nic... that duct tape on the back of the paper is brilliant! I shoe shine everything and end up ripping 1/3 of the pieces long before I wear them out.
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Thanks! It helps a lot, its no fun when all your doing is ripping sandpaper. Even painters tape works.
 
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