Self cleaning sand paper

[woodartist]

For those who have used traditional sandpaper with a paper backing the improvements in sanding paper took a major advancement when they started producing self cleaning sand paper. There are several brands, I prefer Abranet, made by Myrka. it lasts longer ad self cleans better. It works really well with the soft sanding blocks that have the backing that grips the sand paper. Just cut it to fit. The other characteristic is that it never really wears out it just changes the grit as it ages. After long use 80 grit becomes 120 grit and with more wear becomes 220 grit etc. Try it and you will never go back to traditional sand paper.

[Mike Y]

Interesting, thank you! Was not aware of the "mesh" type of the sandpaper. And it even goes up to pretty high grits (800 grit for square version and 1000 grit for the round one). Will definitely try!

[kgstakes]

Like the thinking of sandpaper going from 80 grit to 120 so and so.  Not really,  your sand paper is actually getting “dull”.

 

 Take your worn sandpaper and sand a piece of wood, then take a fresh sandpaper (what you think the worn paper is, say 120. Sand the same wood.  The fresh 120 will give you a better finish,  because the paper is “fresh or sharp”.

 

 Like the mess paper but use different grits when sanding.  Your stain or clear finish or even paint jobs will come out better and smoother.