Abrasive Grit Progression

[Oso Rojo]

I curious which grits of abrasives guys are using. Festool, like Klingspor, Indasa, and etc all offer around 18 to 20 grits in their range of abrasives.

Using Granat as the example, there are eighteen different grits offered;  40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 150, 180, 220, 240, 280, 320, 360, 400, 500, 800, 1000, 1200, and 1500.

Do you stock and use all eighteen or some subset and if so which ones?

For me it has traditionally been 80, 120, 180, 240, 320, 400. But I have to say that has mainly been due to budget. How about you?

 

[Stephen B]

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Basically I keep the same as you for each of my sanders. I am transitioning to Granat. Also keep some 40, 60 and 80 for ROTEX.

As my last two projects were oiled, I also have some green and white  Vlies.

Some grits are not sold in 10X down here, but fortunately my dealer will break open 100 boxes.

 

[rvieceli]

Here's what I use:

80, 100, 120, 150, 180, 220, 320 and 400

Occasionally, I'll need to start at 60