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stealth

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Abralon pad equivalents
« on: April 07, 2006, 06:08:52 AM »
What are the abralon equivalents if compared to sandpaper? Or is there no significant difference? Example: If I currently use 800 grit sandpaper for my surface what abralon pad would give me the closet match and so forth.
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J_Mac

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Re: Abralon pad equivalents
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2006, 03:43:47 PM »
Storm found that abralon, when used on particle coverstocks, is a finish slightly smoother than scotchbrite.  Storm doesn't recommend using sandpaper on their particle coverstock balls, but they have for testing purposes and that tamed the ball even more than Abralon.
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daveyamo

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Re: Abralon pad equivalents
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2006, 04:08:39 PM »
Abralon equivalents are less than sandpaper- ie 400 Abralon is much smoother than 400 sandpaper.  Abralon also tends to leave a "matte" finish rather than a sanded finish.  400 Abralon reminds me of 800 sandpaper and the 1000-2000-4000 Abralons practically polish they are so fine.  Use a 2000-4000 Abralon on a spare (plastic) ball and follow it with Finesse and it will look wet it's so shiny!!

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charlest

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Re: Abralon pad equivalents
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2006, 04:29:25 PM »
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Abralon equivalents are less than sandpaper- ie 400 Abralon is much smoother than 400 sandpaper.  Abralon also tends to leave a "matte" finish rather than a sanded finish.  400 Abralon reminds me of 800 sandpaper and the 1000-2000-4000 Abralons practically polish they are so fine.  Use a 2000-4000 Abralon on a spare (plastic) ball and follow it with Finesse and it will look wet it's so shiny!!

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I thought Abralon only went to 180-360-500 grit, not 400 grit.
(http://www.toolpeddler.com/abralonMirka.htm)

I've only used 1000, 2000 and 4000 grit Abralon and I haven't found them to be any different from silicon carbide wet/dry sandpaper grits. I suppose if you press very hard you can wear them smoother; maybe the foam backing allows you to better conform to the surface of the ball. The technical documentation on Abralon indicates the abrasice is silicon carbide, the same abrasive in the same grits used on wet/dry sandpaper.

FYI "Matte" = dull = not shiny. The finer the grade of abrasive, the finer the finish will appear. So I guess one could label these very fine grades (2000 and 4000 ) a matte finish, but if it were done with sandpaper it would look "matte" also.

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