Save Money on Sanding Disks
Why buy new when you can refurbish what you have and pocket the difference.
I go through hundreds of sanding disks in a year. However, I find some worn-out loop disks that won’t recover from cleaning with the abrasive stick (below) can be used as backing for new sandpaper.
I pay up to $0.80 each in quantity for good disks. I started recovering the worn-out ones using sheet paper that cost around $0.49 per 8″x10″ sheet.
I find a sheet of the grit I need. In this case, it is 220 grit. I use some spray glue on the face of the disks. Normally I use a Camie product, but spray glue of any type should work. I grabbed some 3M 90 Spray Adhesive here.
I then stick the disks to the back of the sheet and cut them out.
Since my disks are 5″, I end up with two disks and a partial sheet left. This works out great since I rarely use a full sheet for anything. The leftover fits my long sanding block perfectly.
I tear off the tops of the boxes and put them in a drawer for easy access as shown in the photo at the top of this article, above the title.
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’Til next month!
©2021 Tom Broeski
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