JonathanF1968
Member
Perhaps this is a sensitive issue, but I think we should talk about it and offer a healing space for those who have suffered.
Raise your hand if someone has teased you about your penchant for sandpaper of unusually high grit. Anybody? Know that you are not alone.
Me, I get constant abuse from my children. They find me in the hardware store sandpaper section, fondling the 2000 grit, bullying me with questions like, "Are you sure you can tell which side goes on the wood?" Or "Aren't paper towels cheaper?" So disrespectful.
Anyhow, I'm reading so many of you singing the virtues of the Abranet products. They seem to go to just 600 grit, which is where I feel like it just starts to get good. I will confess, though, that part of me wonders if using higher grit than 600 truly yields a better final outcome, or if I'm just doing it for psychological reasons.
Amazon has an assortment pack that goes from 80 to 600, that I'm tempted by, though I usually don't use coarser than 220 for turning. But I'll likely find something to do with it. The pack seems like a cost-effective way into that product line.
I guess my question is, for those of you with similar penchants for high grit, what would you use after the Abranet 600? Is the best path forward through gadgetry or psychiatry? Note that I'm only working with wood, and I don't finish with CA.
Raise your hand if someone has teased you about your penchant for sandpaper of unusually high grit. Anybody? Know that you are not alone.
Me, I get constant abuse from my children. They find me in the hardware store sandpaper section, fondling the 2000 grit, bullying me with questions like, "Are you sure you can tell which side goes on the wood?" Or "Aren't paper towels cheaper?" So disrespectful.
Anyhow, I'm reading so many of you singing the virtues of the Abranet products. They seem to go to just 600 grit, which is where I feel like it just starts to get good. I will confess, though, that part of me wonders if using higher grit than 600 truly yields a better final outcome, or if I'm just doing it for psychological reasons.
Amazon has an assortment pack that goes from 80 to 600, that I'm tempted by, though I usually don't use coarser than 220 for turning. But I'll likely find something to do with it. The pack seems like a cost-effective way into that product line.
I guess my question is, for those of you with similar penchants for high grit, what would you use after the Abranet 600? Is the best path forward through gadgetry or psychiatry? Note that I'm only working with wood, and I don't finish with CA.