smart51
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| posted on 10/5/09 at 04:30 PM |
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How do I stop sand paper clogging up
I bought an electric DA sander yesterday (half price in B&Q) but when sanding well cured body filler the velcro sanding discs clog up very
quickly. Obviously I can't use them wet, so how do I stop them clogging up?
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designer
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| posted on 10/5/09 at 05:00 PM |
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Yoy could be using too fine a grade to remove volume. Work from course to fine.
If clogged you can run the back of the paper over the edge of a table/bench and most of the bits should come out
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/5/09 at 05:12 PM |
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You need to use aluminium oxide "production paper" 80 grade or 60 grade to remove volume ----- most motor factors sell it even Halford
sell rolls of it much cheaper the B&Q
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Hellfire
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| posted on 10/5/09 at 05:45 PM |
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If using Wet N Dry - use water!
If not - use Wet n Dry... 
Steve
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smart51
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| posted on 10/5/09 at 06:07 PM |
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I haven't seen wet n dry hook and loop discs. I'm not sure I'd want to use them wet anyway as I did this once with a black and
decker mouse, with shall we say instant results I replaced it before SWIMBO found out so all was OK. I've been using 80 grit pads which seem
to clog in just a few minutes.
I'll try the table edge trick to see if that works.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 10/5/09 at 06:35 PM |
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Me,Me,Me...
My trick is to keep an airline with an "air duster" on it to hand, and blow the clogged dust of the paper from time to time. It even helps
when you go to sand some paint that is not qiute hard and it clogs the paper badly - if you put the nozzle right against the paper it will
"flick" the paint particles off the paper
But this is using "production paper" as advised by BT, you can get it down to 120 or 150 grit
Cheers
Fred
[Edited on 10/5/09 by Fred W B]
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 10/5/09 at 07:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
You need to use aluminium oxide "production paper" 80 grade or 60 grade to remove volume ----- most motor factors sell it even Halford
sell rolls of it much cheaper the B&Q
Screwfix are cheaper
than Halfords if you have one local.
Crikey, there's a 50m roll there if you need it
[Edited on 10/5/09 by RoadkillUK]
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
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smart51
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| posted on 10/5/09 at 07:26 PM |
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I hadn't thought of screwfix.
These are quite cheap for 10.
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