just wondering how others sand down fcs plugs or any plugs or boxes . I’m using a soft power pad on my sander. I keep sanding down to the cloth around the plug before it even gets flush. Very irritating. Thanks for any advice.
just wondering how others sand down fcs plugs or any plugs or boxes . I’m > using a soft power pad on my sander. I keep sanding down to the cloth > around the plug before it even gets flush. Very irritating. Thanks for any > advice. Are you using a 8" power pad,if so try a 6" pad.You’ll have more control and less area is sanded. On a 8" pad the sanding area starts about 3/4 to an 1 inch in from the edge of the pad. With the 6" pad it starts at the outer edge.Also feather your sanding when you get close to the level of the bottom of the board. Hope this helps, Aloha Kokua
Chris: I use a hardback disc with 50 grit on it. Carefully stay on the raised portion of the plug/box, don’t camp out on it until it gets hot, work on it slowly if needed. As you get it close to level then you can finish it with your soft pad and the 80 grit you’ll use for the rest of hotcoat. Have used a soft pad with similar problems. I bet the hard FCS plastic causes the soft foam pad to give so you hit the outside glassed area before the plug is cut down flush. If you overheat the plug it will compromise your glass and foam around your box install. Tom S.>>> just wondering how others sand down fcs plugs or any plugs or boxes . I’m > using a soft power pad on my sander. I keep sanding down to the cloth > around the plug before it even gets flush. Very irritating. Thanks for any > advice.
Chris:>>> I use a hardback disc with 50 grit on it. Carefully stay on the raised > portion of the plug/box, don’t camp out on it until it gets hot, work on > it slowly if needed. As you get it close to level then you can finish it > with your soft pad and the 80 grit you’ll use for the rest of hotcoat. > Have used a soft pad with similar problems. I bet the hard FCS plastic > causes the soft foam pad to give so you hit the outside glassed area > before the plug is cut down flush. If you overheat the plug it will > compromise your glass and foam around your box install.>>> Tom S. …Ya Tom.I was hopeing someone had it down.
…Ya Tom.I was hopeing someone had it down. 6" 36grit on a med/hard pad(homemade to specs),finish with 80…No sleeping at the lights.Herb