Sandpaper cleaner (giant gum eraser) , Use it.

General Discussion
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I was sanding a board today and thought I ought to put this up for other rookies like me.  Probably a well known item for the Pro’s.

I first saw this on Cleanlines glassing video.  I found them at Harbor Freight and have been using one for years.  When your sand paper gets clogged up on your sanding pad, spin it a little and apply this eraser to the pad.  It removes most of the clogging and you can use the sand paper longer. So.  There you go.

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Cleanliness, much obliged. Again.

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a piece of scrap foam also cleans your pads, just not as well as the rubber stuff.

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[img_assist|nid=1067795|title=brush for files and sandpaper|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=640|height=502]Oops, bit big

this is what i use a lot, brush for files [and sandpaper works great too]

what is that thing made of greg?

wouter

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hey wouter 

look on ebay they are listed under belt sander cleaners in europe 

they are latex (i think) and work real well on certain paper

indasa whiteline is my choice of paper!

 

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http://www.harborfreight.com/sanding-belt-cleaner-30766.html

thanks for the tip Greg

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They are, more or less, a giant Art Gum rubber eraser. I like them for sanding belts or fiber-backed sanding discs which tend to be expensive. Or for those times when your sanding _____ has gotten clogged and it’s late and there’s noplace open to get a new one.

hope that’s of use

doc…

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Ha, that would have helped like 3 days ago. I was just smacking mine against my shoe or hitting it with my latex gloves. And conviently a harbor frieght just opened up near me. Thanks for the heads up.

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I like the ones that come attached to a paint stick like this one:

I
sharpen the end of the stick with the sander–like a chisel, not to a
point–and I found that if your paper gets really clogged, you can
scrape off the bulk with the stick (while the sander is off) and then
use the rubber to remove what’s left.

Pretty cool trick that saves a little bit of time.

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Here’s an oldy but goody regarding alt. uses for belt cleaning sticks:

http://www2.swaylocks.com/node/1019683

 

Also: note to Wouter - using wire brushes on sandpaper tends to scrape the grit off along with any build-up, hense shortening the life of the paper.

 

Doc - good to see you back around

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wtf on Harbor Freight costs 6$=4€ and i found the same thing on egay for £15=18€ 

Damn i wanna live in the USA.

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Hey Colin I’ve found them on eBay for £8 for 2 before or screw fix do them aswell think they are £5.50 for one 

 

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They are also good for removing spots or fingerprints on  boards that have been glassed (but not hotcoated yet).

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Dr. Zoidberg, That is how they were invented. A guy in a cabinet shop started to use his tennis shoe to clean the belt sander. The light went on and started producing them maybe 30 years ago. I agree with Doc. The cloth backed "paper" is what they are most useful on.

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**Pauluk ** can you help me with a link please.

anybody knows whats made from?

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Hi Colin 

Heres the link to screwfix Though they put up the price there used to be £6 

http://m.screwfix.com/details.htm?id=16277&csnbl=1

None up on eBay at the moment I will check later who sold them to me and let you know :o)

 

 

 

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…do not need that, use monomere to clean the gum

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thank you Pauluk