07-03-2017, 04:42 PM
I only use high quality wet/dry paper in my shop, and I always cut full size sheets into 16 pieces. I just mount a hacksaw in the vice so the blade is facing up, and at a comfortable angle towards me. I fold a sheet in half (grit side out), then run the crease back and forth a little bit on the hacksaw blade. It tears easily. Keep folding in half and you end up with 16 pieces about 2 1/4"x 2 3/4".
I don't ever waste a speck of sandpaper this way, and it makes it easy to sand things an equal amount. Just use the same number of pieces of sandpaper to sand equal amounts of material, like one piece for each side of the handle or blade.
I usually clean leather belts with 320 grit sandpaper. Just turn the machine on and hold the paper on the top wheel. It usually takes two pieces to get a 1x42 belt clean.
The only other way I clean leather is with Lexol, from Tandy.
I don't ever waste a speck of sandpaper this way, and it makes it easy to sand things an equal amount. Just use the same number of pieces of sandpaper to sand equal amounts of material, like one piece for each side of the handle or blade.
I usually clean leather belts with 320 grit sandpaper. Just turn the machine on and hold the paper on the top wheel. It usually takes two pieces to get a 1x42 belt clean.
The only other way I clean leather is with Lexol, from Tandy.