Indiana_Parrothead
Member
I just wanted to caution people about cutting MicroMesh into smaller pieces. I had bought some of the 2x3 MicroMesh pads. I had pretty well used up the corners that are easy to get too but they were still pretty good in the center of the pad. with a pad that big it is kind of hard to get in the center and keep it flat.
So I decide that I would cut the 2x3 into quarters. I used a good pair of scissors and had pretty clean cuts. I started sanding and got about halfway thru the grits and got a big streak on my blank. I had to start from the beginning to get it sanded out and got close to being done and it happened again.
What I figured out was the foam center was hitting the blank during sanding and with the friction melting onto the blank. When I looked at the pads I seen that some how MicroMesh undercuts the edges so the sanding surface sticks out past the foam core.
Since I don't have anyway to undercut the edge I ended up having to throw away the pads I had cut up, at least I got some use out of them before I runied them.
If you want smaller pads buy them that way don't try and cut them.
So I decide that I would cut the 2x3 into quarters. I used a good pair of scissors and had pretty clean cuts. I started sanding and got about halfway thru the grits and got a big streak on my blank. I had to start from the beginning to get it sanded out and got close to being done and it happened again.
What I figured out was the foam center was hitting the blank during sanding and with the friction melting onto the blank. When I looked at the pads I seen that some how MicroMesh undercuts the edges so the sanding surface sticks out past the foam core.
Since I don't have anyway to undercut the edge I ended up having to throw away the pads I had cut up, at least I got some use out of them before I runied them.
If you want smaller pads buy them that way don't try and cut them.