3M sanding paper

[NOBLNG]

I just sanded the Milliput on the inside of my hood with this stuff. It really worked great on it! So good that I am going to make a couple sanding sticks with it and see how it performs on plastic.

[OldNYJim]

Huh, I never saw that translucent stuff before!  

[Deuces ll]

Must be something new.....

I have a bunch of that 3-M wet or dry sheets that I need to use up....

[NOBLNG]

It stretches slightly, so I just used it and my fingertips to sand the inside radius on the hood. It didn’t clog at all. It works good on styrene also. I made a sanding stick with it and that did clog when sanding the Milliput. 
I also have some 3m sanding sheets that are like a 1/8” thick foam in 800, 1200, and 3000 grit. They work great for smoothing areas that have been filed to shape, but they wear out very quickly.

Edited April 10, 2020 by NOBLNG

[peteski]

These 3M flexible abrasive sheets  have been around for few years. Maybe not all hardware stores carry them.

[Mike 1017]

I bought some at The Home Depot. 

[Tom Geiger]

 Since we all have a lot of time these days how about a tutorial?

I use regular 3M sandpaper for my work... when my father died and I cleaned out his garage, he had tons of sandpaper. I found an entire beer case full. So I’ve never had to buy any in the last 20 years!

Years ago I bought this rotary paper cutter for general office work. It’s one of my favorite tools, I use it for different paper cutting all the time.  Do you have the souvenir NNL East / Model Car Garage license plates?  The paper parts were all cut on this cutter!

I cut the sandpaper into 1 x 1 squares. I find this to be a good size to work with, and I get a lot of these from each standard piece of sandpaper. And it’s efficient use of paper! Previously I’d tear a piece off the sheet and it was pretty wasteful.

I keep it all in this little drawer unit that sits on my work bench. A Walmart purchase for less than $10

I made cardboard dividers for the drawers so I get two grits per drawer. Each of the piles was one sheet of sandpaper, and it lasts forever. Hope this is helpful!

[peteski]

Nice find Tom!

Rotary cutter makes chopping it into squares easy and painless, but I'm surprised that the rotary blade doesn't get dull quickly current all that sandpaper.

I also hope that you kept some full sheets for those times when you need to sand larger item.

Edited April 12, 2020 by peteski

[OldNYJim]

On 4/11/2020 at 9:15 PM, peteski said:

but I'm surprised that the rotary blade doesn't get dull quickly current all that sandpaper.

My wife has her own cutter - I’ll probably use hers ?‍♂️?

[Casey]

On 4/10/2020 at 3:17 PM, peteski said:

These 3M flexible abrasive sheets 

Note this "paper" is not actually paper backer, but rather is backed by clear, rubber-like film. Great for sanding irregular or rounded surfaces (like stair balusters) but do not use this stuff if you want a flat surface. The backing will stretch ever so slightly, and that's not ideal.

[peteski]

34 minutes ago, Casey said:

Note this "paper" is not actually paper backer, but rather is backed by clear, rubber-like film. Great for sanding irregular or rounded surfaces (like stair balusters) but do not use this stuff if you want a flat surface. The backing will stretch ever so slightly, and that's not ideal.

Exactly, That is why I stated "flexible abrasive sheets" - not sandpaper.

Oh, you might have been thinking about the my reply to Tom Geiger's sandpaper post. There, he was cutting sandpaper (not 3M abrasive film) into small squares.  He is the one who went OT with his sandpaper post.

Edited April 14, 2020 by peteski

[Casey]

1 hour ago, peteski said:

Exactly, That is why I stated "flexible abrasive sheets" - not sandpaper.

I quoted your post in an attempt to emphasize what you said, and should have added a "People, note that Peter said flexible..." or similar.

[peteski]

12 minutes ago, Casey said:

I quoted your post in an attempt to emphasize what you said, and should have added a "People, note that Peter said flexible..." or similar.

Oh, OK. My brain works in mysterious ways (when it works at all).

[Casey]

Just now, peteski said:

Oh, OK. My brain works in mysterious ways (when it works at all).

Seems to work better than most. ?

[peteski]

12 minutes ago, Casey said:

Seems to work better than most. ?

Thanks!  Yours seems to be doing ok too.