Thread: Norton Emery Cloths

I finally got time to work on my project razor and I started off with a package of Norton Emery Cloths and i'm doin good! i've got the pitting removed except on the middle of the blade (it's a full hollow and i'm not 100% on going any deeper) anyway the package had Coarse, Medium, and Fine emery cloths. Where do i go from here? Does anyone know what grit the "fine" cloth is? should i just take a sample with me to compare while at the store?

Thanks guys!






p.s. despite the cramping hands, this is pretty fun

I think I got some of the emery cloth a while back for sanding metal, I think the ones I had were very course. I don't have them anymore as they were too course and the stuff comes right off if you get them wet at all.

Is NORTON ABRASIVES-DIY - - - MetalSand™ this what you got? If so the grits are listed here NORTON ABRASIVES-DIY - - - Sheets

They're
Course 60-80
Medium 100-120
Fine 150-180

The ones that I use and I think that are most generally used are these NORTON ABRASIVES-DIY - - - SandWet™

They're available at woodcraft if you have one local to you. I had some trouble finding all of the grits at stores like lowe's and home depot. If you do these little contour pads woodcraft has are also very useful to help with the cramping hands

Contour Sanding Pads - Woodcraft.com

With a little effort you can make something to hold the blade too, I made this with minimal skill and tools, really just a drill, handsaw and some epoxy to hold in the magnets from some scrap wood. I made two, one I pitched out as I used 3 of the 1/2" magnets and that was too many it kept the blade about 1cm off of the sanding block. My 2nd attempt I put the small 1/8" magnets closer to where the edge would rest to keep the blade down while sanding. They're rare earth magnets and are pretty strong, the little ones aren't too strong though but they definately fulfill their purpose.

That blade is still a work in progress

awesome! thank you! question answered :-) but now arrises 2 other Q...

do they make packages of assorted grits up to 2k rather than buying several packages of 5 sheets? that is too much for this one project that i have.

and where have people found the higher grit sandpapers other than woodcraft?

toolsforworkingwood.com has some good 3m sheets at about 2 bucks each. You can get just about any grit you want. They have two different kinds, one with glue on the back and one without. I've tried the one without the glue. It is wet/dry and has a plastic backing instead of paper. It's pretty flexible and somewhat tough.

The only place I could find all of the grits was at woodcraft, I looked around a bit .. was able to find some grits at Home Depot but not many. Maybe someone else knows another place that carries them.

I don't think they sell an assorted grit pack, don't know though.

Most any automotive store /department will have high grit wet-or-dry look in the auto body section.... Even Wally World carries it if you look hard enough it will be next to the fiberglass and Bondo....

I'll have to check my local Autozone tomorrow...they were closed when I drove by. Thank you for your help!