Serious grit brand sandpaper

[zachjowi]

How do people like serious grit sandpaper?  Looks like reviews are good but not how it compares to festool or klingspor
https://www.seriousgrit.com/

 

[JonathanJung]

Is that a brand?

Just last night I put P24 wrap on the drum sander. That's a serious grit.

 

[Packard]

It appears to be a brand.  Sold on Amazon. Advertizing says, "Suitable for Festool ETS and RO sanders."
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=serious+grit+sandpaper&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjoXg1-_k7gIVCvSzCh3vNA51EAAYAiAAEgL5c_D_BwE&hvadid=433824713974&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9004249&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=16608429821987973014&hvtargid=kwd-914644240937&hydadcr=28596_10166501&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_6xn1cwomcu_e

 

[clark_fork]

Is that a brand?

Just last night I put P24 wrap on the drum sander. That's a serious grit.

I  too thought the post was about really low grit. Every time I see these sander reviews that can really go at it with 40 grit or less and mechanically how they can really take off surface, a smart aleck comment comes to mind thus:  In the olden days woodworkers used a hand plane before sanding, every hear of it?

Seriously, does anyone even think of the hand plane option rather than  sand/grind away at the poor defenseless  work piece?

 

[zachjowi]

Sorry for not originally including a link.  It's a brand of sand paper.  They have various grits 80-320grit

 

[Cheese]

Seriously, does anyone even think of the hand plane option rather than sand/grind away at the poor defenseless work piece?

You’re absolutely correct Clark...to remove a .005” thick swath of wood, 5” wide would take 2-3 swipes with a hand plane and take 4-5 seconds while sanding away that amount of wood will take at least a minute...that’s a 12x-15x multiplier.

 

[JonathanJung]

In my defense, I use the 24grit for skip planing slabs, often 24-36" wide and 6'+ long.

 

[Wood_Slice]

For my ETS EC 125/3 With 9 hole pattern I bought 2 grits (120 & 180) on amazon brand called DURAGOLD. I like it. Its about $15-18 per box of 50 count.

 

[JonathanJung]

Over the years I've found you get what you pay for, even abrasives.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I've never heard of it?
I've been using Granat and Klingspor for a long time with good results. We have also experimented with a couple of different ones from Wurth. The Purple is not so good, the green is ok.
In the finer grits, especially on solid surface material, we also use Mirka Abranet or the foam backed stuff from Klingspor.