best place to buy sandpaper

[Dave Aronson]

where do you guys buy higher grit sand paper? The box stores stop at 220 in the bulk packs and the price for 3 sheets of 400 grit is stupid.

What grit levels do you keep on hand?

I have a stash of 80, 120, 150, 180, 220 now

[jon amick]

I've had great luck with http://www.industrialabrasives.com/

Enjoy

[Prashun Patel]

2sand.com. Great service.

[Kent A Bathurst]

I like Klingspor's - they have 80g - 180g in A-weight paper, which I like a LOT better than the C-weight stuff you usually find in the bigger grits [I'm partial to garnet]. They have other grits and matierials, but I can't tell you what they are off the top of my head. I also go through a lot of 3M 216 Gold in 600g for between-coats, which I get from Homestead.

[michael a nelson]

i also like industrial abrasives they have great prices i think 2sand is way to expensive my home depot has up to 400 grit in bulk packs

[Dave Gaul]

supergrit.com is the last place I used. Great stuff and good sales here and there. They even threw in a bunch of free varieties for me.

[Curt Harms]

How fine grit do you want to go? Auto body supply places might be a possibility. They'll go to 800 grit or finer.

[Tom Winship]

I use Woodworker's Supply. They go from 80-320 that I know of. Prices are good and the best thing is I can order on Thursday and get it on Monday.

[Lee Schierer]

+1 on Woodworkers Supply. Their sandpaper works well for me on my ROS and the price seems to be very competitive.

[Joe Angrisani]

How fine grit do you want to go? Auto body supply places might be a possibility. They'll go to 800 grit or finer.

Autobody-supply places definitely have it. The four I've used here in the metro Denver area have all had wet-dry 5-packs from 80 grit to 2000 grit (and boxes of 50 sheets if you really go through the stuff).

And I haven't tried in years, but NAPA used to sell all types and grits by the individual sheet if you only need 1 or 2 for a specific use.

[Matt Meiser]

For general use woodworking use I stick with Mirka Gold, Klingspor, Norton 3x. In sheet form, I'm still working through a bunch of Mirka Gold 240 I bought on closeout at Supergrit. The 150 I have is Norton--don't remember where I got it. For ROS, I would stick to the above unless you've got a Festool sander, then I'd go Festool since there's no signficant price difference between Klingspor and Festool paper (last I checked anyway) and the Festool paper is good.

The Mirka foam-backed stuff is great for finishing too. The 320 roll of that I have came from Woodworker's Hardware.

Cheap paper isn't cheap if you go through it twice as fast or if it contains contaminants that ruin your finish.

[Jacob Reverb]

Klingspor's

Great prices.

[Rob Cunningham]

I buy 3M 216U Fre-cut Gold from Homestead Finishing. I usually keep 150, 220, 400, and 600 on hand. Sleeves of 50 sheets last a long while.

[David Weaver]

Supergrit or eyeball ebay specials on bulk lots of something you use a lot. I don't use any sandpaper for wood, but I use it for metal fairly often.

My parents are about 5 minutes from supergrit, but when you go in there, you find out it's easier to find stuff on their online store first and make a list and then just go pick it up (if you're ever in the gettysburg area). Nice folks.

[Kent A Bathurst]

I buy 3M 216U Fre-cut Gold from Homestead Finishing. I usually keep 150, 220, 400, and 600 on hand. Sleeves of 50 sheets last a long while.


The 216U 400g and 600g are the cat's PJ's for between coats, after dye, after shellac seal coat, etc. I do the same thing with those two grits - 50 sheets at a time. But - they don't seem to last me as long as you imply :D