Damien Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 Hi there everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to where i might be able to get extremely fine grit sanding pads? I've got all the micro mesh grits going up to 12,000, but if its possible i'd like to try out the others. 32000 is the finest that i've heard of, and despite reading about a lot of people on model making and airbrushing forums having it, i'm afraid i'm turning up blanks in my search for some online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Twilbeck Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Try eBay ,, I did a google search, for 3200 grit and found some listed on eBay . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted May 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Likewise found plenty for 3200 grit pads and abrasives, but thus far i'm still looking for the more elusive 16,000, 32,000 and 64,000 grit ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopacki Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Damien Rather than using grit you might try converting it to micron size. Once you know this you can buy diamond belts to rip into the size pieces you want or you can buy discs. Hope this helps All my best ........ Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Danny is on the money, you can buy belts or disks up to 50,000 and cut them up and mount them on whatever you want. I made up some 600, 3,000 and 14,000 diamond strips from belts and mounted them with contact cement to paddle pop sticks for hand sanding carvings. I have also mounted them on small mandrels for use in a rotary tool hand piece. I usually use carbide up to 3,000 then diamond, but a piece of jadeite is orange peeling badly with any carbide at all, so I am having to use diamond straight through. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Gordon Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Google The Unified Grit Chart. It's very handy for comparing many kinds of abrasives. Keep in mind that the only "real" value is the micron column and refer to that as your basis for comparison if the comparison you seek isn't already in the chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yloh Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I happen to have 100 carats of each 1/4 micron, 1 micron synthetic diamond powder, made by DuPont. 32,000 grit= 1/2 micon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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