{"id":7837,"date":"2025-07-19T07:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=7837"},"modified":"2025-07-19T08:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:10:01","slug":"sanding-has-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/19\/sanding-has-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanding has changed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Four months ago, I replaced almost all of my Norton sanding discs that I had been using with 3M. There is no contest in sanding speed and efficiency: the 3M<\/strong> wins.<\/p>\n

3M Xtract Net Disc 710W Cubitron II sanding discs<\/strong><\/p>\n

A few different sources online that I read in the past 6 months show a clear sanding efficiency superiority with the 3M. More convincing for me is the actual use in my shop. It sands faster and lasts longer.<\/p>\n

One quirk that I have with the 3M product is the progression of grit: 80, 120, 180, 22o, 240, 320<\/strong>. I think a more sensible progression is 80, 120, 150, 220, 320, 400, which with Norton. Why is 3M’s 240 between 220 and 320? And why not 120-150-220? I suppose 120-180-220 with 3M is probably fine but seems a bit odd to me.<\/p>\n

On Amazon, I found $0.73\/disc for a 12 pack of 6 grits, and $0.48\/disc for a 50 single-grit pack.<\/p>\n

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I use the 5-inch discs on the cordless DeWalt DCW210<\/strong>. I attach it with a 1058 Design nozzle whose other end (1 1\/4″ inside diameter) I filled inside to allow it to firmly connect to my Fein collection vac hose. I also have a handy power switch near the end of the Fein hose. Virtually all of the dust gets collected!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I always finish off with fine hand sanding paper (such as 320 or 400) to improve the final look.<\/p>\n

I almost like sanding now! OK, I do like it a little bit! But I love the results!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four months ago, I replaced almost all of my Norton sanding discs that I had been using with 3M. There is no contest in sanding speed and efficiency: the 3M wins. 3M Xtract Net Disc 710W Cubitron II sanding discs A few different sources online that I read in the past 6 months show a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7837"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7863,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7837\/revisions\/7863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}