SANDING, That Most hated job made EASY! - Tiki Carving

B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Sat, Sep 21, 2013 7:03 AM On 2013-09-20 16:51, TravnerRavenweird wrote: Thanks for the feedback gang, What about these, has anyone used one of these things before? Gaaaa! I hate shopping online! sometimes I need to hold the thing in my hand to decide on something. [ Edited by: TravnerRavenweird 2013-09-20 16:53 ] Edited to add this link. http://www.woodworkingshop.com/product/fs32080/ These work well but they tend to polish the parts that need sanding off and not removing thosebits. They are good AFTER you sand and get the surface smoothe. Believe me, I have tried just about every way other than hand to sand carvings and Nothing I have found beats these mops. My first mistake was only getting the 320 grit as I was afrait it would remove detail. While it did some excellent sanding, it polished too and I wore out the mop pretty quickly. Then I got the other grits and that was before they had the 80 grit, so I've not used the 80 yet but the 100 grit does Not remove any detail on any carvings I have put it to. The regular "Flap wheels" are a different animal and WILL remove detail and leave deep lines in your work if not careful. The triangle sanders are good IF you get a good brand, the cheaper brands don't work well. My only issue with these is you still can't get into all the small crevices of detail and they will remove a lot more than you want if not careful. Also like hand sanding you must go over every little piece of wood for it to work. I use many different implements for sanding on any one piece but every piece I do in wood and even jade gets hit with the sanding mop and I can't say that about any other tool. FACEBOOK [ Edited by: Benzart 2013-09-21 07:05 ]

On 2013-09-20 16:51, TravnerRavenweird wrote:
Thanks for the feedback gang,
What about these,

has anyone used one of these things before?

Gaaaa! I hate shopping online! sometimes I need to hold the thing in my hand to decide on something.

[ Edited by: TravnerRavenweird 2013-09-20 16:53 ]

Edited to add this link.
http://www.woodworkingshop.com/product/fs32080/
These work well but they tend to polish the parts that need sanding off and not removing thosebits. They are good AFTER you sand and get the surface smoothe.
Believe me, I have tried just about every way other than hand to sand carvings and Nothing I have found beats these mops. My first mistake was only getting the 320 grit as I was afrait it would remove detail. While it did some excellent sanding, it polished too and I wore out the mop pretty quickly. Then I got the other grits and that was before they had the 80 grit, so I've not used the 80 yet but the 100 grit does Not remove any detail on any carvings I have put it to. The regular "Flap wheels" are a different animal and WILL remove detail and leave deep lines in your work if not careful.
The triangle sanders are good IF you get a good brand, the cheaper brands don't work well. My only issue with these is you still can't get into all the small crevices of detail and they will remove a lot more than you want if not careful. Also like hand sanding you must go over every little piece of wood for it to work.
I use many different implements for sanding on any one piece but every piece I do in wood and even jade gets hit with the sanding mop and I can't say that about any other tool.

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[ Edited by: Benzart 2013-09-21 07:05 ]

Post #694181 by Benzart on Sat, Sep 21, 2013 7:03 AM