I was advised to use that steel wool, the finest type, what is available in most DIY stores and Wilkos (in the UK).
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colin Hill Sent: 08 June 2006 15:51 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG] Cleaning your wheel Just to stir the mix again, very fine sandpaper is often referred to as "flour paper" because of the fineness. (My dad was a woodwork teacher). How's that for confusing? Is there a page somewhere that gives these alternative names for thing we, as players, may need to use? It would be a valuable resource and could prevent some really nasty accidents happening. In the UK the "normal" range is from 40 (very course) to 240 with even finer grades available (up to 2000 for some papers used for stone polishing - I have some of those and you can't feel anything on the surface, they are so fine). Not wishing to add fuel to the fire, sandpaper is now no longer available here and was replaced by glasspaper although that can also be subdivided into several different coatings such as glass, garnet paper, silicon carbide and aluminium oxide. Each really chosen for the particular job. Whilst all known as "sandpaper", it would be good to have a translated list somewhere to check up on. It may also be different elsewhere in Europe as the UK hangs onto things far longer than others (we measure length in metric but the speed limit is in miles per hour). A handy site for grit size etc in the UK is http://www.diydata.com/tool/abrasives/sandpaper.htm#gritsize I would think from here that garnet paper would be the best type to use or would it? Some of the others seem a little too "efficient" for such delicate work. Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arle Lommel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [HG] Cleaning your wheel > > I like to use 600 grit ( sorry I am not sure if this translates the > > same across the world....what is 600 grains per square inch in > > metric terms? ). > > Grit in sand paper has nothing to do with particles per square inch > (at least not directly), and 600 grains per square inch would be > about the coarsest sandpaper imaginable... It would be something like > a 20–40 grit! > > For more on what grits mean, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > Sandpaper#Grit_sizes > > The nearest equivalent of 600 paper outside of the U.S. is (P)1000 or > (P)1200. > > Best, > > Arle >
