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7 February 2013 at 2:22 pm #7621
Hi guys,
I’ve been having a pain of a time getting wet or dry sandpaper here in the UK. None of the shops I can get to really stock it. Online availability seems poor and patchy.
So imagine my surprise when I saw this on ebay (£10 for 100 sheets probably too good to be true), but I’m giving it a go.
Anyone else finding better deals than this, or even a decent place to buy real 3M stuff?
I have always found buying sandpaper to be really annoying. Especially as a lot of places will call 120 a “fine” paper and not go any higher than that!
J-P
I always use [url]http://www.workshopheaven.com/tools/abrasives.html[/url] , a bit more expensive than your e-bay guy but they provide excellent service, I’m sure you can get it cheaper if you buy in bulk but I don’t use that much so this price is fine for me.
7 February 2013 at 3:23 pm #7627Hi J-P,
I’ve always bought wet/dry paper from Halfords. They have the whole range of grits, from 80 to 1600 or so. I’ve not had a problem with it yet.
George.
7 February 2013 at 7:36 pm #7644Ah, Halfords! Now why didn’t I think of that?
As for glass paper. Yes. I recognise it but wouldn’t use it, but then I don’t habitually use sandpaper either (despite the topic name!).
12 February 2013 at 2:28 pm #7802Incidentally, my paper from Abtec arrived today. Micheal is correct, it seems like good stuff. I got 25 extra sheets as a surprise in the box that made me wonder if the people at Abtec have been reading this thread.
They may raise a smile in those who asked about ‘glasspaper’.
(Incidentally, it would be nice if we could “img” tags in our posts here.)
J-P
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