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Post  roddie Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:59 am

After I cut a piece of sandpaper from a full sheet, I keep the remnant sheets in a 3-ring binder, indexed with page protectors labeled by "grit". It's a big help when you need a sm. pc. of a specific grit... and prevents you from cutting up your nice full sheets for just a little piece...

My "full sheets" are kept in (x3) 10" x 13" clasp envelopes, labeled fine/med./coarse. Stored vertically along with the binder; this takes up very little space in your workshop, and you always know where to look, when you need sandpaper.

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Post  RknRusty Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:12 am

Daayumn. I'm pretty organized, but if I start doing stuff like that, it just snowballs and I get bogged.

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Post  Cribbs74 Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:26 am

And here I thought artistic folks are messy...
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Post  roddie Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:04 pm

Cribbs74 wrote:And here I thought artistic folks are messy...

lol!  my shop...

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Post  Cribbs74 Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:20 pm

Phew! All is right in the world...

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Post  ian1954 Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:19 pm

I am disorganised with sandpaper and I like the ring binder suggestion. I end up with used and unused, cut and pristine sheets all over the place. The only thing I do is, after tearing off a piece, write the grit on the back.

I always seem to manage to take off a strip without the grit printed on the back!
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Post  roddie Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:59 pm

Cribbs74 wrote:Phew! All is right in the world...

That's what you'd think, Ron... but I move everything "once a week" to dust... (It's the sandpaper's fault...)lol!

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Post  roddie Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:17 pm

ian1954 wrote:I am disorganised with sandpaper and I like the ring binder suggestion. I end up with used and unused, cut and pristine sheets all over the place. The only thing I do is, after tearing off a piece, write the grit on the back.

I always seem to manage to take off a strip without the grit printed on the back!
Yes Ian... we are constantly "challenged" in this hobby... excellent for the mind...

just thought of another "topic related" shop tool... a "Sandpaper Cutter"! Screw a 32 t.p.i. hacksaw blade to a 6" x 12" pc. of plywood to cut your sandpaper with. If you need a certain size, mark it on the back and tear off; grit-face down. You can store it with your 3-ring binder and clasp envelopes. Better than ruining the edge on a straight blade... and you end up with more remnants; completely justifying the use of a binder.

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Post  roddie Fri Mar 11, 2016 9:28 pm

Update.. I did make a sheet-cutter from a hacksaw blade screwed to the edge of my workbench.

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I decided to finally reface my sanding blocks and such. I attach my paper with double-sided tape on the backside of a block or completely around a dowel without over-lapping. It's great for dowels.

I cut some 1/2" PVC blocks from a smooth-sided sheet back when I worked at the sign shop. They're 2" x 3.5" and make a nice block for smalls.. and sanding spackled holes in walls.. Grits from 60 thru 600.. utilizing my 3-ring remnant binder.

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I have wood blocks too.. You can staple into soft pine blocks with a paper-stapler opened-up. Removing the staples later is easy with the point of a hobby blade. I like the tape. it peels off in one piece usually.

Getting started over the last few nights.. stripping old paper.

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This is the type of project that will help me get back into model woodworking. Tools are everything.
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