Jason Morgan
10-10-2006, 8:25 AM
Not sure about use of brand names here on the forum, but Ill include them. If that's a big no-no, please let me know.
I am building a set of dressers for my daughters and am at the (dreaded) sanding stage. I was using the Norton "3x lifetime" hook and loop pads for my Dewalt 5" ROS and was very pleased with how it was going. Well, I ran out of them and thought, I have to go to the blue borg for some trim and other supplies and Ill pick up some more. Go over to the sander supply station and all they have are about 30 different variations of this "Gator" brand and a few 3M brand hook and loop sanding disks. I though, "well, how bad can they be?". They werent terribly cheap or terribly expensive, but they didnt work worth a *&%$ (I guess price is not absolutely an indicator of performance with sandpaper). First off, with the Nortons, I was getting about 2 drawer fronts (at 100grit) per pad, with these it was nearly 2 pads per drawer front. They would simply just stop cutting. Also, the new pads would immediately start losing grit that would fly all over and make swirl marks. I thought maybe something else was wrong so I put on one of my partially used Nortons and it sanded fine (much better in fact). Ive used nearly all the 80 grit (they didnt have 100grit) and Im reluctant to use the 120grit (should take the *&%# thigs back). I plan on making the trip to the orange borg and getting some more Nortons to finish the project, but I am wondering about the klingspors? Ive heard they are one of the premium sandpapers? Any other suggestions?
Thanks...
I am building a set of dressers for my daughters and am at the (dreaded) sanding stage. I was using the Norton "3x lifetime" hook and loop pads for my Dewalt 5" ROS and was very pleased with how it was going. Well, I ran out of them and thought, I have to go to the blue borg for some trim and other supplies and Ill pick up some more. Go over to the sander supply station and all they have are about 30 different variations of this "Gator" brand and a few 3M brand hook and loop sanding disks. I though, "well, how bad can they be?". They werent terribly cheap or terribly expensive, but they didnt work worth a *&%$ (I guess price is not absolutely an indicator of performance with sandpaper). First off, with the Nortons, I was getting about 2 drawer fronts (at 100grit) per pad, with these it was nearly 2 pads per drawer front. They would simply just stop cutting. Also, the new pads would immediately start losing grit that would fly all over and make swirl marks. I thought maybe something else was wrong so I put on one of my partially used Nortons and it sanded fine (much better in fact). Ive used nearly all the 80 grit (they didnt have 100grit) and Im reluctant to use the 120grit (should take the *&%# thigs back). I plan on making the trip to the orange borg and getting some more Nortons to finish the project, but I am wondering about the klingspors? Ive heard they are one of the premium sandpapers? Any other suggestions?
Thanks...