Bulk Sandpaper?

Blue Hog ridr

Blue Hog ridr

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Can anyone send me in the right direction for sandpaper.
I called Online Industrial Supply and they don't ship to Canada.
I Googled sandpaper and can't find another supplier with the same availabliity
or bulk pricing like OIS.
 
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I got some 1000 and 1500 from Bullet Industries dot com last time and it was like 2.50 for 10sheets, cant beat the deal:grin:
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
Can anyone send me in the right direction for sandpaper.
I called Online Industrial Supply and they don't ship to Canada.
I Googled sandpaper and can't find another supplier with the same availabliity
or bulk pricing like OIS.
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If you want you can have it shipped to me and I will forward it to you. Chris.
 
Thanks for the offer Chris, Jim Baxter is going to forward it to me. I appreciate it.
I will order from Bullet next time, seems they have just about every grit that Online does with the exception of a couple and they're a bit cheaper too.
Maybe I'm overkill on the grits but I was going to order, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 and 3000.
If this is overkill, let me know what I can get away with and I'll cut the order down.
Thanks for the help.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
Thanks for the offer Chris, Jim Baxter is going to forward it to me. I appreciate it.
I will order from Bullet next time, seems they have just about every grit that Online does with the exception of a couple and they're a bit cheaper too.
Maybe I'm overkill on the grits but I was going to order, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 and 3000.
If this is overkill, let me know what I can get away with and I'll cut the order down.
Thanks for the help.
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Terry,
I'd say that the grits you've selected are about right for wet-sanding the finish and you may not use all of them every time you wet-sand.
Dave's grits I'd say are more for sanding bare wood, etc., prior to finishing.
Either way, you've got all the right numbers now.

FWIW, I believe there are several major manufacturers of sand-paper that are located in Canada. I'm sure they'd have 'in country' distributors and they may even ship to Canada.

Just to add a bit, the purpose of progressively finer grits is to remove the sanding marks left from the grit used previously which are now being replaced with even finer sanding marks. Each grit leaves it's own set of marks only they get finer and finer until they can be barely seen by the naked eye.
That's where the buffing & polishing compounds come in. They remove the final sanding marks and give the finish it's brilliant gloss/luster.

As I stated earlier, you may not use every grit every time. It depends on what your finish looks like when you're done shooting. Sometimes I have to start with 400 grit to bring the shaft to the correct diameter.
Then other times, the applied finish is so close to perfect that I can start with 1,000 or 1,200 grit, finishing with 3,000.
3,000 grit is basically polishing paper and not everyone carries it.

The nature of high-solids clear is that you will occasionally have a spot or two of urethane solids that are protruding above the surface. They sand down easily.

The perfect finish, right out of the gun, is hard to come by.
 
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go to your local body shop and buy some from them, you can get most of that in rolls or boxs and body shops get a great deal on it (i used to work in one) or sometimes youll find a tech that will sell you some out of his box.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
Can anyone send me in the right direction for sandpaper.
I called Online Industrial Supply and they don't ship to Canada.
I Googled sandpaper and can't find another supplier with the same availabliity
or bulk pricing like OIS.
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Try The W.W. Grainger Company...they even have Norton which is made in Canada. I buy in sleeves of 50 or 100 at around $50 US a sleeve.
 
Magik Wandzzzzz said:
Try The W.W. Grainger Company...they even have Norton which is made in Canada. I buy in sleeves of 50 or 100 at around $50 US a sleeve.
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Graingers bought Aucklands here a few years back, and are now known as Aucklands-Grainger here in Canada. We have 25 branches in Saskatchewan (a large area with a mere 1 million people) :thumbup2:

Good suggestion.

Dave
 
In my opinion it is best to buy name brands only. There is a reason they have become name brands and cost more and the reasons are much better quality and longer service. When it comes to abrasives you definitely get what you pay for. The cheaper stuff aggregate comes off quickly so your just burnishing your surface and the grit of the aggregate is not consistent so as most of the paper is sanding at one grit removing scratches from the previous grit, there is some coarser grit on the paper putting new deeper scratches in. It's a never ending circle. A while back I bought 200.00 worth of different grits from Online Industrial Supply as they have great prices but with their prices come poor quality paper. It looks good but it has very poor performance. When trying to wet sand with the finer grits 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 and 3000 it was like using no sand paper what so ever. As soon as water touches it either the grit comes off or it is loading up but it was taking me 3 times longer to wet sand out a finish than before I started using it. I now only use the coarser grits dry until I run out of it and then I'm going back to a name brand.

Dick
 
Thanks, there is an Acklands not far from me.
But, I found a site that sells Norton, I think its in Canada.
Amazingly enuff, the price for 50 packs of Norton is not that much more than 50 packs from Online Industrial. Starting at approx $7 and cheaper per 50 pack, depending on the grit. Thats not much more than Online and when you factor in the difference in quality, its a no brainer. They are short a few of the grits that I wanted but I can probably get those by 3M at an auto body supply.
And like you said Dick, if you're just creating more headaches for yourself by creating more scratches, then $7 per package extra is more than worth it.
 
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Cheap sandpaper rates right up there with cheap toilet paper.

rhncue said:
In my opinion it is best to buy name brands only. There is a reason they have become name brands and cost more and the reasons are much better quality and longer service.

Dick
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I'll add a couple points here.

I think anything over 2000 grit is a waste of time and money. Once at 2, go to compound and glaze.3 is not going to hurt you; however if you have truly removed the 1000 grit marks before you finish with 2, you will be able to get a shine on the clear with your bare hand. Just polish it from there.

Also, avoid the cheap no-name paper, and ALWAYS get the wet-dry stuff, even if you do not plan to use it wet.

The dry paper (regardless of brand) has a higher tendency to 'loose grit' which can embed into your wood- a real problem with softer and/or crazy-grained wood (i.e. burl) that can get pulled out later, drag across causing a shallow groove etc. On a table or chest of drawers, it is not as noticeable; however on a cue, under 10X scrutiny, it can be a big problem. As mentioned, the pennies saved per cue is just not worth it.

I would personally rather drive out of my way and pay extra for paper than to deal with trying to clean up a minor disaster due to paper I saved a buck on.

Also, another free tip: Keep your wood sanding separate from your clear sanding. By that I mean all the supplies and if possible, another piece of turning equipment. Having airborne wood fibers while trying to level a 'million-dollar' clear job is a bit counter-productive. Work like a surgeon, in surgical clean conditions (if possible) and it will be (literally) reflected in your results.:)
 
The company that I ordered from had Norton in the web address. When I asked the lady if the paper sheets were Norton, she no, but it was their equivalent. I guess I'm taking a chance as I have nothing to compare it to right now. I'll have more than enuff to last for awhile and in the meantime, I'll do some shopping.
 
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