[OP]
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Hi. Would appreciate some help.
Just bought a Supermax 19-38 drum sander and would like to reduce the abrasive cost by buying rolls that I would cut down myself.
Has anyone done that and could you recommend a brand(s) and vendors that you had success with?
Thanks
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Online industrial supply- good value @ 50 yd. rolls.
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Tried to find the supplier for the last I bought, but couldn't find the receipt. I think it was Industrial Abrasives Co. in Reading, PA. http://www.industrialabrasives.com/s...sd6ovtm5ksl476.
I cut my own from Klingspor rolls but, I was already placing an order for other things. Any quality pro-level abrasive manufacturer should be fine. I stick to the cloth backings as I wash my abrasives to extend life or if loaded up by "accidentally" sanding something I shouldn't have.
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
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Klingspor has 50 yard rolls that are marked for cutting to length. Color coded for different size sanders.
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How do you "wash" the paper? liquid? solvent? floss?? Thanks, John
Drop the roll in the shop sink and run some water over it. Let it set a minute or so then run some water while I scrub it with a nylon scrub brush like you might scrub the bathtub with. Burned spoil and other junk scrubs off pretty easily. I then hang it over the sink from a dowel I have for that purpose and use a spring clamp to hold a small barbell plate to each end so it dries without curling up like a noodle. It certainly increases the usable life of the abrasives.Originally Posted by John C Bush
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
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This is where I buy my sandpaper
[OP]
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Thanks to all. Just the info that I needed
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They are not color coded or marked for the 19-38 unfortunately. Hopefully this will change soon since it probably the most popular drum sander out there right especially given their move into Woodcraft.
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