Edge Sander Belt Recommendations

[Ronald Blue]

I picked up a Grizzly G1531 6"X80" Edge sander locally for $75 but drove off without the two or three belts he had. I am guessing their shelf life may be expired anyway. What all around grits do you recommend? What's the finest grit you would recommend? I don't know what I will use it for yet but at the moment without belts it's nothing. Thanks in advance.

[Dave Mcintire]

I try to keep a 100 grit on mine. Its too much trouble to buy a selection of grits and keep changing them out for me, but I don,t do production runs.

[jack duren]

Try VSM,Klingspor or 3M. 80 grit is most commonly used for quick aggressive sanding. Up or down on grits depends on how you'll use the machine.

Most sanding belts have a 10yr shelf life. I blew 3-80 grits in 10 minutes but had the belts 10 years as I buy in bulk...

[Terry Hatfield]

Klingspor for me. I have 80, 100,150 and 180 but I pretty much stick to 80 or 100 most of the time.

[Cary Falk]

I buy from Industrial Abrasive. I have 120 grit on my sander most of the time but I use 80 grit for metal and 180 for end grain stuff.

[John Aperahama]

Supergrit for very good pricing and very fast shipping also use their split paper roll for brush heads

[David Malicky]

I like 80 grit, and try to use zirconia since it lasts a long time. For our sander (6x108"), the only source I found is abrasiveresource, and decent prices, too.

[Ronald Blue]

Thanks for the replies thus far. It sounds like most stay in the 80-100 range unless there is a specific need. I will do a little online shopping and get some coming.

[Dave Cav]

I've used IA and Supergrit; both are good and competitively priced. I normally keep an 80 grit belt on my Acme; a 60 and a 120 are hanging on the wall if faster stock removal or cleaner edges are need.