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boat fairing need low price sand paper
On 29 Sep 2003 03:40:25 GMT, (Earleybird47) wrote
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.......and in reply I say!:
I can't help with pricing, but....
When I have faired, I used a home-made board (3 m long board! That's
something to throw back and forth all day!). I made it of plywood,
with the thickness made up of several thinner sheets, to give
flexibility. I had a few actually, of different sizes and numbers of
layers etc, for different jobs. To attach sandpaper, I bought great
rolls of painter's sandpaper or belt sander paper, in the half-sheet
width (probably 4.5"/115 mm). I then used a staple tacker to tack the
paper to the tops of the ends of the board, in a sort of primitive
version of how am orbital works. Handle position was a matter of
experiment, to avoid digging the ends in vs not bending the board etc.
Worked for me, and a heap cheaper than any pre-hooked stuff. I found
that I was able to follow the rule that you should discard paper quite
quickly, as it blunts fast (even the good stuff), and you are simply
making work for yourself by hanging on to old stuff.
I am in the process of fairing a 47 ft sailboat. I need a cheap sorce for 4
1/2 X30 hookit sandpaper sheets for my 3 m long board. I also need 8" round
stikit discs. any help will be apprectiated. The local yard is charging 6.28 a
sheet and 3.50 for the discs each.
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