Amazon carries a variety of fine grit wet/dry sandpaper if you cannot source it locally.
-Pete > On Dec 11, 2015, at 09:13, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Friday 11 December 2015 10:15:52 Mark wrote: > >> On 12/11/2015 09:57 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>>> With the work I do on cane rodmaking, 320 grit is still pretty damn >>>> coarse. ;-) Maybe they'll eventually come out with a 600 grit. I >>>> work down to 2000 grit on the finish, but there I can use wet/dry >>>> paper. But 600 grit is a good final cut before the finish goes on. >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> Mark >>> >>> Out of curiosity, where do you source anything finer than 600 in >>> wet-r-dry? I'm stuck at 0000 steel wool for a gloss breaker when >>> re-coating finish. >>> >>> I stopped at the WoodCraft store, near Parkersburg WV, a couple >>> times but their stock stopped at 320, which both surprised and >>> disappointed me. So the only thing I came away with was a Kuhn >>> scraper plane, which turned out to have a sheet of cold roll for a >>> blade, edge gone in one stroke on straight grained maple. I thought >>> it would make a great final flattener but haven't stumbled over a >>> good blade for it. Its sole wasn't flat either, took an hours work >>> on a sheet of 600 stuck to my surface plate to get it 50% flat, so >>> it still isn't truly flat. I gave up, its still in the box. I pull >>> it off the shelf occasionally to see if its improved with age & >>> burnish up an edge, using the shank of a broken 1/4" solid carbide >>> mill I superglued into an 8" x 3/4" dowel for a handle. Dulls so >>> fast it just slides over the bumps in 2 strokes. Most useless $90 I >>> ever spent. >>> >>> Cheers, Gene Heskett >> >> Gene, >> >> When I was still living in Maryland, I sourced most all my finishing >> products (with the exception of the finish - true marine spar varnish) >> at the local auto body supply shop. Sand paper, rubbing compound, >> polishes, finish strainers, etc. The big box stores and hardware >> stores just don't stock that kind of stuff. The really fine grit sand >> paper is necessary for auto finishes these days, as is all the other >> stuff I mentioned. >> >> Mark >> > And locally, we have not such a critter as a body shop supplier. NAPA > plays at the game, but poorly, everything is special order. > > I should check with Charley Denison, who did the rust restoration of my > WV Caddy (a 99 GMC 3 door short box pickup) a year ago. Charleston > perhaps, or Pittsburgh for sure. But if Charley has some, I'll let him > make a dollar or 2 off me just because I can drive over and bring it > home, about 20 miles over hill & dale & around the mountain(s) from > here. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Some mill pix are at: > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene/GO704-pix > <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene/GO704-pix>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
