Thread: Wet/Dry Curly Thing

Alright! Enough! How does one get the wet/dry sandpaper from curling up at the edges? I wet both the paper and the surface (either a stone, or a flat granite tile), but to no avail. The other night I was putting on a new edge on a flea market special when it all went for naught as the blade caught on the edge as it curled up. Help!! Wherefore art thou oh magical trick of thyne honemeister? Why does thou vex me so?!

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I believe that should be "why dost thou vex me so?!"
Try Rocklers. they are a wood workers store and they sell different grit sandpapers that are designed to stick on glass just for sharpening. If you google rockler woodworking supplies I am sure you will find their web site. You can also buy a kit that I believe is called the scary sharp system, which will provide you with a 1/4 inch glass plate, several different grades of sandpaper, and some doodad for keeping a consistent angle when sharpening wood working tools. They have a low grit and a high grit, so. unless your planning on doing knives the high grit system would be ideal for setting the bevel!
I believe the high grit system starts with 800grit and works all the way to 2500 grit and the paper is the wet/dry type.

I hope this helps?!
Mark Avery

3M Spray adhesive. Lite coat then stick down the paper. When its worn out just peel it off and scrape the glass with a razor blade (not a SE unless you're really PO'd at it).

Mike Layne

Forsesooth!! Thou shouldst sucketh it up (-eth)!!

No, seriously, any of the above suggestions would work (or in the case of Mark's, Wood-Work ). Personally, I make sure I buy the square flat sheets of wet/dry from my hardware store - I haven't had a problem yet with curling edges by just wetting the paper, although maybe I've just been lucky.

James.

Thanks for the replies. Jimbo, you must be lucky! I've been doing this for a bit now, and I've tried several different brands of paper with nothing ever sticking flat to the glass. I had a gut feeling that an adhesive of some sort was being used, but I never saw anyone post this. I assumed that everyone was just plopping a wet piece of sandpaper down on a flat smooth surface and voila'.

I've never really had a problem with the norton wet/dry stuff curling, but the 3m stuff does this. This is one of those problems that are solved with the judicious application of duct tape.

Soaking the 3M paper for 15 minutes or so helps. Seems to soften the backing or something.

I can only get Norton paper up to 320 grit locally. One of the reasons I switched to using a DMT 1200-grit for those rough eBay finds...

Josh

I have this problem with my paper. I bought 50 sheets of 1500 grit and it curls no matter what I do. Even with spray on adhesive. If I tape it, it develops bumps. I have just learnt to use water and once it starts to curl I use progressively less and less of the paper.