CPDDET Posted November 17, 2020 Share #1 Posted November 17, 2020 Every time my better half gets her nails done she brings one or two of these home. Due to covid the nail tech can't reuse them. Soft sponge 120 grit great for sanding between coats or finishing. Soft enough to mold to different shapes and can be cut to any shape / size. https://www.nailwholesale.com/products/yellow-nail-buffer-4-way-grit-120.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiAhs79BRD0ARIsAC6XpaWjC9iqQV6ObSwVbVaz_rMsLazMywAO0q3sRmy3TmUoeXFfHsXFJ8UaAp6_EALw_wcB Canute, VTHokiEE, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Current build: NRG Half Hull Previous build: MS Bluenose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted November 17, 2020 Share #2 Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) The beauty department has a lot of interesting stuff and typically cheaper than the modellers' stuff - it's a mass market. These blocks are also sold for woodworkers etc. Got some in 150 grit quite a while ago - ebay etc. is your friend. Unless yours are soft, I would rather call them foam sanding blocks. Mine are rather hard and the shape is stable, allowing to sand flat surfaces. Edited November 17, 2020 by wefalck Canute, mtaylor, bruce d and 2 others 5 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted November 17, 2020 Share #3 Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, CPDDET said: Every time my better half gets her nails done she brings one or two of these home. That is interesting. I tried something that looked identical a couple of years ago and it left a residue on the sanded surface. I assumed it had a lubricant of some sort. Good find. Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 17, 2020 Share #4 Posted November 17, 2020 By all means take a trip to a local beauty supply shop. You'd be amazed at the stuff they have that can be used for modeling. Besides the foam sanding blocks and the disposable fingernail files, there all sorts of tweezers and cutters. I have a pile of these (both types of sanders) and they work very well. bruce d, tkay11 and Canute 3 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted November 17, 2020 Share #5 Posted November 17, 2020 And UV-curing acrylics ... tkay11, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Pellett Posted November 18, 2020 Share #6 Posted November 18, 2020 Our local Target store sells 15 double sided emery boards for $1 and the lady that runs the department is more pleasant to be around than the guy in the paint department at Menards. mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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