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Abrasives Chart

Application	Tool/Product	Abrasive	Grit

Surfacing rough wood, fast stock removal	Surface sander, belt sander	Aluminum Oxide, Zirconia Alumina	36-80

Rough-sanding mill marks, saw marks, defects, end grain	Orbital sander, belt sander, disk sander	Aluminum Oxide, Zirconia Alumina, Garnet	60-100

Smooth sanding	Orbital sander, disk sander, sheet sandpaper	Aluminum Oxide, Garnet, Silicon Carbide	120-320

	Sanding blocks, non-woven pads	Aluminum Oxide, Silcon Carbide	Medium- Fine

Sanding contours	Sanding drums, disks, flappers, cords, strips	Aluminum Oxide, Garnet, Silicon Carbide	80-320

	Sanding blocks, non-woven pads	Aluminum Oxide, Silicon Carbide	Coarse-Fine

Wet sanding, applying stains or oils, sanding between finish coats	Sanding sheets, non-woven pads	Silicon Carbide, Aluminum Oxide	240-600 Fine-Extra Fine

	Steel wool (except wet)		#00-#0000

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Comments (10)

mcdougj wrote:

I haven't had any problems printing anything I have received from Wood.

12/9/2011 06:48:01 PM Report Abuse

vinsloma wrote:

I have Mozilla--highlight chart--click print--click selection--click print.............mine printed just fine

12/9/2011 02:13:53 AM Report Abuse

Oscar Newton wrote:

High light the chart, right click to copy, open word processor program click paste, then print.

12/8/2011 03:36:52 PM Report Abuse

beeandlou wrote:

I could not copy, print or down load your free copy of the ABRASIVE CHART which was disappointing after several attempts. Louis G. 12/8/11

12/8/2011 01:36:53 PM Report Abuse

siroisrichard wrote:

This was made using some spreadsheet. Copy and paste to your own. Then you are free to modify and print.

12/8/2011 11:17:53 AM Report Abuse

sjrachel54 wrote:

Mine wouldn't print using the print button on the chart but it would using the Firefox print command. 2 pages on portrait.

12/8/2011 10:48:28 AM Report Abuse

ponderroses wrote:

After selecting PRINT above the article, the article prints on my MAC with Lion. However, there is a lot of empty space which makes the article too long and the page breaks are in the wrong place. So, one should go to PRINT, copy the article, paste into a word processor, format the document, then print it. Use 2 sheets of 8.5 X 11 or 1 sheet of 11 x 17.

12/8/2011 10:46:05 AM Report Abuse

ponderroses wrote:

12/8/2011 10:46:03 AM Report Abuse

charles268 wrote:

What browser are you using? I just printed it using Google Chrome on Linux. Firefox has print and print review under Files. Try a search for your OS and browser.

12/8/2011 10:18:15 AM Report Abuse

cameo22094771 wrote:

WHY IS IT THAT i CAN NOT PRINT THE ABRASIVE CHART? rOMEO

12/8/2011 09:44:07 AM Report Abuse