Sandpaper

[Kurt Rosenzweig]

Does anyone here have a source for buying sandpaper in bulk? Buying from my local Ace Hardware is really getting expensive. Thanks in advance!

[Gary Max]

Good question.
I buy mine from Klingspor
They sell bulk boxs.
They will sell you fine grits if you ask.
There is a catch
Some of the paper is going to be VERY VERY stiff.
I believe they call it planer paper---so you are going to have some funky with the good.
So it's not the greatest way to go but is the cheapest that I have found.
No I do not work for Klingspor ---I just buy sandpaper from them

[tod evans]

kurt, i use old belts from the edge and widebelt sanders for lathe work. ask at a local shop they`ll usually give `em to you and you`ll be supprised at the quality compared to hardware store paper, even used...02 tod

[Greg Savage]

I use 2in wide shop rolls (50meter) from either Klingspor or SAIT......$20-26.....I have the rolls mounted on a bar above my lathe and you can tear as much or as little as you need. The backing is very flexible and each roll can last up to a year.

[Travis Stinson]

This is absolutely the best deal going for hook and loop sandpaper for power sanding, 3 meter x 36" sheets that you cut/punch out whatever sizes you need. http://commerce.riverweb.com:8002/HNLsandpaper.html

[Greg Savage]

Here is a source for some of the cheapest sandpaper I could find....

http://store.yahoo.com/industrialsupply/index.html


.....We have to be careful of what we buy.....cheaper is not always better! I got 2 rolls of 240 and 320......They were quickly delivered and turned out to be a much lesser product than I had hoped.

[Jim Ketron]

Im with Travis! Great Deal and some very good paper!

[Raymond Overman]

Kurt,

Klingspor also sells a 35 sheet pack of 9 x 11 cloth backed paper they call J-Flex which in my opinion is the finest on the market. The packs include 7 different grits, 5 sheets per grit, 80, 100, 120, 150, 180, 220, and 280. They sell for $29.95 per pack. I usually add a 5 pack of 320 and 400 for good measure and they last for quite a while.

They also sell the hook and loop discs in different grits and I use them with a foam backed attachment in my power drill for power sanding. I start with 80, 120, 220, 280, 320 and usually finish off with 0000 steel wool.

I have no affiliation with Klingspor. I just like their product.

[Kurt Rosenzweig]

Thanks for all the input guys! Klingspor is gonna get an order today! I'm gonna look into an air tool for powersanding also and try some of that hook and loop also! Is this site great or what!

[Andy Hoyt]

This is absolutely the best deal going for hook and loop sandpaper for power sanding, 3 meter x 36" sheets that you cut/punch out whatever sizes you need. http://commerce.riverweb.com:8002/HNLsandpaper.html

Travis or Jim - That's quite the deal. Two questions.

1. What are you using to "cut or punch the holes"? Hole saw? Pie cutter? A specially made Bonker?
2. And have you found a use for the waste?

[Jim Ketron]

Andy
Q #1 I leave mine square, I like the flaps. works almost like the scalloped edge of the New Wave Disks. I also think the corners being left on helps protect the disk holder from wear if you hit the chuck on occasion like I do sometimes.
But if you want them round a sharpened piece of 2" or 3" pipe will cut/punch out round ones.

Q #2 what waste

[Travis Stinson]

Andy, I have a short length of 2" and 3" pipe with a cap and the other end sharpened on the grinder. Just bonk em out on a block of wood. And not enough waste to speak of.

[Andy Hoyt]

Thanks to the both of ya's.

I'm running low on current stock, so this looks like a winner.

[Jim Ketron]

Andy a full sheet will last a very long time.
If you don't want to invest a lot of money at one time in sand paper you could do like a few of us did at Dick Parr's BBQ and get a few guys to go in with you and divide it up. Just a thought

[Ernie Nyvall]

Kurt, thanks for this thread and Travis, thanks for the link. That'll work.

Ernie