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May 28, 2025 10:58 PM
Amazon Basics 5.1" Rubber Sanding Block
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You may like to have 3-4 of these loaded with your favorite grits (120, 180, 220 is what I have here, but I'm a corner-cutting amateur woodworker). When you clog up or wear out a sheet too far, you reload it for around $0.25 worth of a sheet of fresh paper and keep going.
No a $1.25 foam sanding block with 2 grits on it does not replace this. A wood block and staples can be good, especially if you cut a custom bevel or edge for a specific sanding job, but it's not as easy to reload & keep fresh as these.
Yes there is some waste (maybe 30% of each sheet) but personally I tear off those unused parts (they are around 2" x 3" or so) and keep them for hand/finger sanding hard to reach areas.
I have quite a lot of hours logged with these kinds of blocks, with a lot of success... though I'm a bit intrigued about what the holes might do if implemented on a quality block, maybe I have not been using the very best available.
Happy to answer any more questions about these super advanced tools 😁
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I almost bought one but ok. Wood and stapler. I'll write that down.
"this should give more pressure on a cross hatch area of the sandpaper given the same pressure by the user, leading to quicker material removal. Unfortunately, the molding process left a lot of flash around the holes. That causes a lot of lumps under the sandpaper, leading to very uneven sanding."
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"this should give more pressure on a cross hatch area of the sandpaper given the same pressure by the user, leading to quicker material removal. Unfortunately, the molding process left a lot of flash around the holes. That causes a lot of lumps under the sandpaper, leading to very uneven sanding."
Both waste a decent amount of sandpaper.
This is closer to what you really want: https://a.co/d/6kLCeDV
don't waste $$$ for this.
I am ok with this
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You may like to have 3-4 of these loaded with your favorite grits (120, 180, 220 is what I have here, but I'm a corner-cutting amateur woodworker). When you clog up or wear out a sheet too far, you reload it for around $0.25 worth of a sheet of fresh paper and keep going.
No a $1.25 foam sanding block with 2 grits on it does not replace this. A wood block and staples can be good, especially if you cut a custom bevel or edge for a specific sanding job, but it's not as easy to reload & keep fresh as these.
Yes there is some waste (maybe 30% of each sheet) but personally I tear off those unused parts (they are around 2" x 3" or so) and keep them for hand/finger sanding hard to reach areas.
I have quite a lot of hours logged with these kinds of blocks, with a lot of success... though I'm a bit intrigued about what the holes might do if implemented on a quality block, maybe I have not been using the very best available.
Happy to answer any more questions about these super advanced tools 😁
I'm guessing to make it as cheap as possible with least material as possible.
I would say it tries to mimic "flex pads" since it looks like the sanding surface may be the softer TPU material. The design is meant to reduce clogging during wet sanding and finger marks from uneven hand pressure, presumably because the design redistributes your palm pressure across the whole surface of the more flexible material. This flexibility should also help ensure that the amount of material removed would be more consistent as you sand over a contoured surface like the hood of a car.
The 3M surface is solid rubber. It's great for flat objects, but for me, anything with even a slightly more pronounced contour or bend is hard to sand evenly with it because the rubber has almost no flex to it for making those transitions.
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