Dale Allen
Member
Well, this I discovered by pure dumb luck.
Some of you may already know this but..........
I now know one way to clean my sandpaper.
Recently I've been working with some thuya burl and as you know it is oily.
So much so that my disks get clogged real quick and the regular sandpaper eraser will not remove it. Trying a wire brush also did not remove it so, I got to thinking that maybe heating it may help. First I tried a lighter and it worked on a small spot. Wire brush took it right off. So, out came the propane torch. On a very low flame and just enough to warm the area, the wire brush takes it right off. I suspect the flame is burning off the oils in the gunk and hardens it. Seen below is a rather heavily built up disk that I was going to pitch. With some additional work it is again usable. Not like new but certainly has some more usefulness.
Yea, I'm cheap but at $3.50 each it's worth the effort.
Some of you may already know this but..........
I now know one way to clean my sandpaper.
Recently I've been working with some thuya burl and as you know it is oily.
So much so that my disks get clogged real quick and the regular sandpaper eraser will not remove it. Trying a wire brush also did not remove it so, I got to thinking that maybe heating it may help. First I tried a lighter and it worked on a small spot. Wire brush took it right off. So, out came the propane torch. On a very low flame and just enough to warm the area, the wire brush takes it right off. I suspect the flame is burning off the oils in the gunk and hardens it. Seen below is a rather heavily built up disk that I was going to pitch. With some additional work it is again usable. Not like new but certainly has some more usefulness.
Yea, I'm cheap but at $3.50 each it's worth the effort.