AARGH!

[MeyerFittings]

You know how you get used to a product, and all of a sudden no one carries it anymore. It seems picky but it can really screw you up. If anybody knows of a source of SunMight J weight cloth backed sandpaper in 220 and 320 grit, I would be greatful. It's made in Korea evidently and sold to suppliers in huge rolls, and then some outfit cuts it into 8X12 sheets and markets it. I've been all over the internet but none of the companies that used to carry it are current.

What a bollocks. Isn't it a drag when you get used to something and it becomes obsolete? I like it because it wraps around a file so well without creasing. I ordered something that was supposed to be similar but it ain't the same. It's probably the difference of .0116 qnn .0115 but that can make the difference in your work habits. Every so often I try to find a stash and then give up, so I thought "why not try the Maestronetters?"'

Rico

Proud Member of Industial Small Potatoes

[GMM22]

I know your pain. It is frustrating to not have consistant supplies. For what it's worth, I like good abrasives too and have tried dozens of different products searching for the best ones. You may not believe it at this moment, but you will find even better alternative products (that are consistantly accessible)with some research. There are some really good products out there.

Hermes makes a nice cloth abrasive that is very flexible.

[sooyeon]

A quick googling in Korean found that SunMight is the brand name of

the Sun Abrasives company. Here's their USA contact

information:

http://www.sunabrasives.com/edocu/e_sunmight_usa.html

If you need any further help in Korean, please let me know.

[ymkim]

Sun Abrasives

Just in case you don't want to cut and paste..

GMM22,

Hermes means Hermes Paris where you pay $500 for a tea cup?

[GMM22]

Hmmm.. No wonder it is so expensive.

[Doug Rice]

Hi all, this doesn't really answer Rico's problem, but Red Hill Corp., aka www.supergrit.com, is a good source of sandpaper, fnishing pads (Abranet, etc.) at good prices. Call them at 800-822-4003 and ask for a catalog. I beleive they stock a lot of things that are not listed on their website.

Doug

[bean_fidhleir]

Is Micromesh no longer popular? I thought it was the accepted standard, these days.

[MeyerFittings]

Thanks everybody for the help. I've been away from the screen for a few days. I managed to get the Sunmight guy on the phone but he has to get back to me to find a source of paper for small orders like myself. The larger question for me is the tactile experience of things that we use in our work. When there is a local store that carries a tool or product one can take a trip there and check it out. My Susan orders most of her cloths and implements over the internet, but every time I try it something is not quite what I wanted. Then you have to return it and the sum of the experience is more trouble than taking a drive to the store. It doesn't seem like that is the way things are heading, however. The positive part of cyberspace for me is the networking.

Perhaps I'm just a Luddite but I miss the physical connection of things. I've got thirty years worth of wood of all kinds I've been thinking of selling but I don't want to do it over the internet. I want somebody to come by the shop, look at it and flex it, maybe take a plane to it and get what they want. That's why I like to put my stuff out at the VSA conventions. You see, you like, you buy. It's satifying for everybody. Kind of that old time stuff.

Micromesh is great but way too expensive to use except for the last polish. Once again there is a level between hobbyist and industrialist. It's hard to find the right product for the middle way sometimes. I go through a lot of paper but it has to be flexable enough to go around a file, so as not to round things and cost less than a dollar a sheet.

[Doug Rice]

Rico, I would never compare my humble efforts to yours, but I get pretty good results on ebony going from 600 grit to a leather stropping wheel with some white compound that came with the wheeels (from Woodcraft.) But like I say, my standards are surely lower than yours. Do check out Supergrit; they have quite a selection of abrasives. WAY more than the local auto body shop, Woodcrap stor, etc.

[MeyerFittings]

I'm blushing. I wish that I could say that I've never let anything out of the shop that I regretted but I'd be lying. Hopefully I learned from the lapses.

I go -- saw-- file-- 180, 220, 320, 400, 600, and then the micro stuff. It's the 220 and the 320 that I'm having trouble finding in the right paper. I've alway found that up untill the 400 grit its too easy to round off corners and make dips if the paper's thick.