Felt for sanding and polishing pads
-
- Posts: 1719
- Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:14 pm
Felt for sanding and polishing pads
If you go to [url]hjttp://www.mcmaster.com[/url] and look up catalog number 8759K75, you'll get a listing for 1/2" thick hard felt. The stuff makes excellent sanding pads.
In addition, I just tried something else. I cut about a 1" square block and put some StewMac polishing compound on it. It worked very well and was a lot easier to handle than a cloth. A block could easily be cut to a particular shape to get in a tight corner.
I'm going to make a set, individually marked, for coarse, medium, fine, and swirl remover. They should last quite a while.
In addition, I just tried something else. I cut about a 1" square block and put some StewMac polishing compound on it. It worked very well and was a lot easier to handle than a cloth. A block could easily be cut to a particular shape to get in a tight corner.
I'm going to make a set, individually marked, for coarse, medium, fine, and swirl remover. They should last quite a while.
Don't believe everything you know.
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
When things are bad, try not to make them any worse, because it is quite likely they are bad enough already. - French Foreign Legion
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
When things are bad, try not to make them any worse, because it is quite likely they are bad enough already. - French Foreign Legion
-
- Posts: 7019
- Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:09 pm
- Location: Hegins, Pa
- Contact:
Re: Felt for sanding and polishing pads
I use that and 1/2 in cork
John Hall
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
-
- Posts: 1564
- Joined: Thu May 24, 2012 8:03 am
- Location: Chestertown Maryland
Re: Felt for sanding and polishing pads
!/2" blue styrofoam works great also. You can get scraps at a lot of construction sites, or buy a piece for a lifetime supply at Home Despot or Blowe's
Ed
Ed
Ed M
-
- Posts: 685
- Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:39 pm
- Location: Ladysmith, BC
Re: Felt for sanding and polishing pads
I am a beginner and have not tried felt, but I cut various sizes and shapes of pads out of a dense foam garden kneeling pad from a dollar store, 1/2" thick, waterproof, and pennies apiece (except we don't have pennies in Canada any more . . . )
-
- Posts: 1719
- Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:14 pm
Re: Felt for sanding and polishing pads
An advantage of the felt blocks for polishing, which might also be true of other materials as well but it certainly is with the felt: when the polishing compound soaks in and dries, one ends up with a very fine grit sanding block that works even without the addition of more polishing compound.
Don't believe everything you know.
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
When things are bad, try not to make them any worse, because it is quite likely they are bad enough already. - French Foreign Legion
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
When things are bad, try not to make them any worse, because it is quite likely they are bad enough already. - French Foreign Legion
-
- Posts: 733
- Joined: Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:50 am
- Location: Chadds Ford, PA
Re: Felt for sanding and polishing pads
Are you using S2-32, the hardest felt?MaineGeezer wrote:An advantage of the felt blocks for polishing, which might also be true of other materials as well but it certainly is with the felt: when the polishing compound soaks in and dries, one ends up with a very fine grit sanding block that works even without the addition of more polishing compound.
-
- Posts: 1719
- Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:14 pm
Re: Felt for sanding and polishing pads
No - S2-20. Catalog #8759K75
Don't believe everything you know.
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
When things are bad, try not to make them any worse, because it is quite likely they are bad enough already. - French Foreign Legion
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
When things are bad, try not to make them any worse, because it is quite likely they are bad enough already. - French Foreign Legion
-
- Posts: 685
- Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:39 pm
- Location: Ladysmith, BC
Re: Felt for sanding and polishing pads
I might have been more clear - the foam pads I was describing were used with wet/dry sandpaper and MicroMesh, not polishing compound.