I've sprucing up some brightwork at the dock this weekend.

I refuse to buy sandpaper at West Marine. There ain't no such thing as "marine"
sandpaper, and I won't pay over a buck a sheet for plain old sandpaper.

I bought some sandpaper put out by 3M at the hardware store. It's a premium
grade paper that comes three to a pack, and it's got a different mineral on it
that the regular sandpaper. I didn't realize until I got to the checkstand that
the stuff is
about $4 for three sheets, and I almost put it back. That would have been a
mistake.

This stuff lasts about three times as long as regular sandpaper. It doesn't
tear easily, and even after you've been sanding for ten or fifteen minutes with
the same sheet (hand sanding), it still works just as well as when fresh from
the package.
I used less sandpaper, and the work went substantially faster than I would have
expected.

The product is sold under the label "Sandblaster". Good stuff. :-)

Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
I've used it - it's a carbonate cutting material on the paper and the
stuff is amazing when hand sanding. There is a blasting material made
of the same stuff, but I can't remember the name of it.

Carborundum?

It's fantastic.

Paper should be outlawed, as it's a rip off.

Sanding cloth lasts far longer, doesn't tear like paper, doesn't clog
like paper, and is just all around better.

When a place like West Marine sells "marine" sand paper, what they are
doing is proving that they are willing to lie and deceive for a few
bucks.

On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 22:15:52 GMT, Petey the Wonder Dog
wrote:

Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
I've used it - it's a carbonate cutting material on the paper and the
stuff is amazing when hand sanding. There is a blasting material made
of the same stuff, but I can't remember the name of it.

Carborundum?

It's fantastic.

Paper should be outlawed, as it's a rip off.

Sanding cloth lasts far longer, doesn't tear like paper, doesn't clog
like paper, and is just all around better.

When a place like West Marine sells "marine" sand paper, what they are
doing is proving that they are willing to lie and deceive for a few
bucks.

I've often wondered about that myself.

I was in the Corps 35+ years ago and I don't ever remember being
issued Marine sandpaper. ;)

Later,

Tom

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 22:15:52 GMT, Petey the Wonder Dog
wrote:

Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
I've used it - it's a carbonate cutting material on the paper and the
stuff is amazing when hand sanding. There is a blasting material made
of the same stuff, but I can't remember the name of it.

Carborundum?

It's fantastic.

Paper should be outlawed, as it's a rip off.

Sanding cloth lasts far longer, doesn't tear like paper, doesn't clog
like paper, and is just all around better.

When a place like West Marine sells "marine" sand paper, what they are
doing is proving that they are willing to lie and deceive for a few
bucks.

I've often wondered about that myself.

I was in the Corps 35+ years ago and I don't ever remember being
issued Marine sandpaper. ;)

It was a bottle of braso and piece of cloth!

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 19:52:42 -0400, "Bert Robbins"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 22:15:52 GMT, Petey the Wonder Dog
wrote:

Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
I've used it - it's a carbonate cutting material on the paper and the
stuff is amazing when hand sanding. There is a blasting material made
of the same stuff, but I can't remember the name of it.

Carborundum?

It's fantastic.

Paper should be outlawed, as it's a rip off.

Sanding cloth lasts far longer, doesn't tear like paper, doesn't clog
like paper, and is just all around better.

When a place like West Marine sells "marine" sand paper, what they are
doing is proving that they are willing to lie and deceive for a few
bucks.

I've often wondered about that myself.

I was in the Corps 35+ years ago and I don't ever remember being
issued Marine sandpaper. ;)

It was a bottle of braso and piece of cloth!

OOHRAH!!!!!!

;)

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717

snip

I was in the Corps 35+ years ago and I don't ever remember being
issued Marine sandpaper. ;)

Later,

Tom

Semper Fi, Mac!
Mark E. Williams

"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
...

It was a bottle of braso and piece of cloth!


** Was that your vocation in the marine corps...........polishing your
superiors brass??

"Don White" wrote in message
...

"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
...

It was a bottle of braso and piece of cloth!


** Was that your vocation in the marine corps...........polishing your
superiors brass??

What have you done for Canada but prove that you are a whiney little self
indulgent bitch?

Don White wrote:
"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
...

It was a bottle of braso and piece of cloth!


** Was that your vocation in the marine corps...........polishing your
superiors brass??



He also shined their shoes.

--
Not dead, in jail, or a slave? Thank a liberal!
And don't forget to pay your taxes so the rich don't have to!

** Was that your vocation in the marine corps...........polishing your
superiors brass??



He also shined their shoes.

:-(

Another on-topic thread bites the dust.

Oh well, how much can you really say about sandpaper, anyway?