Mirka Abralon v. SIA Air

don’t know SIA

i use mirka
the best i’ve found so far
for roughly $50 a box of 100
i’m not about to shop around to much

so am anxious to see what others have to say

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

I’m in the same boat with David.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Ummm. I don’t know either.
But I will subscribe to this here list and I bet I will find out.

Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

hey charlie
did you bring the bait
i brought the beer

correction:
just checked woodworkers supply
not $50
but $32 for a box of 60 grit gold mirka
which i will order now

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

I am in the same boat with SPalm, I am hoping to find out…

Thanks for posing the question

-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,

I wonder if you made a really big Ort, could you use it for a boat?
Then we could all be in it together.
BarbS might know.

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Thanks for the question Mary Anne. This is what I love about LJ, learn things I didn’t even know to ask ;-)

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

I order all my sanding disc from Industrial abbrassive $12.50 for 50 sanding disc.

It’s rhino brand. Have no idea about it’s make up- It works-it’s cheap-and it works!!!!

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

Sorry Mary Anne this boats fast becoming an ARK my knowledge of abrasives ( apart from grits)extends to “Does it remove wood?” “Yes!” “I’ll take a pack”
watching intently Trevor

-- God created wood that we may create. Trevor East Yorkshire UK

Well, guys, nice to know I am not the only one in the boat! Sanding and finishing is so important to our craft, someone out there must surely know something about grits and their make up and how they affect the final finish. It seems to me that the harder material (Silicon Carbide ?) would be best at giving the cleanest finish.

In the meantime I can think of no better company for a boat ride than you fellas… as long as we are not up the proverbial creek and someone remembered the paddle, we’ll be okay. :)

Bob Kollman
I shop at Industrial Abrasives as well and use their papers on all my sanders, but they don’t offer anything comparable to Abralon. Abralon and SIA are foam backed extremely fine grit sanding discs, ranging up to 4000 often used for rubbing out or polishing finishes.

Mary, I ve seen abralon there, but in small quanities, they also have sctoch brite.

It’s in an obsure area or catagory.

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

do you mean Siarexx from switzerland? thats the brand i use. well theres nothing else available in larger quantities here, but it’s good for the price.