Comments on: Tape-Backed Sandpaper https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/making-sandpaper-last-longer/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: William O'Keefe https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/making-sandpaper-last-longer/#comment-93012 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:53:44 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=102419#comment-93012 Great idea. I’m making my first pair of oars and was wondering how the sandpaper would stand up to the job – I’ve got heaps of duct tape lying around from boats, so I will definitely try this trick!

]]> By: Ken Fowler https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/making-sandpaper-last-longer/#comment-89963 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 19:24:11 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=102419#comment-89963 In reply to Andrew Kitchen.

Thanks !

]]> By: Giorgio Mussi https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/making-sandpaper-last-longer/#comment-89816 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 04:44:14 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=102419#comment-89816 Good advice. I have already experimented with this sanding system when I build the oars for Venetian rowing which are about 3.5 meters long

]]> By: John Leyde https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/making-sandpaper-last-longer/#comment-89786 Sat, 03 Jun 2023 02:09:41 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=102419#comment-89786 I would never have thought of doing that, what a great idea!!

]]> By: Andrew Kitchen https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/making-sandpaper-last-longer/#comment-89780 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:03:43 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=102419#comment-89780 Great suggestion. I’ll be making the masts and spars for the boat I’m currently building (Doug Hylan’s Siri) and will certainly use this method for final shaping. I agree that old sanding belts are less than satisfactory.

By the way, just a shout out in support of Mars Metal. I recently received the ballast keel for Siri from them – excellent work, I heartily recommend them if you don’t have the facilities to cast your own.

Andrew

]]> By: Ken Fowler https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/making-sandpaper-last-longer/#comment-89745 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 19:33:15 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=102419#comment-89745 I’ve been building keel patterns for Mars Metal in Burlington Ontario for almost 28 years, I use a 17″ X 21/2″ air file (like they use in auto body shops), if I don’t put at least two layers of duct tape on the sheets first, the air file tears them apart in about 15 minutes. On the larger patterns I’m sanding F 26 fairing compound for hours at a time and can usually get through one side with a single sheet.
Cheers, Ken

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