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  2. Sandpaper - Wikipedia

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    Sandpaper is produced in a range of grit sizes and is used to remove material from surfaces, whether to make them smoother (for example, in painting and wood finishing), to remove a layer of material (such as old paint), or sometimes to make the surface rougher (for example, as a preparation for gluing). The grit size of sandpaper is usually ...

  3. Talk:Sandpaper - Wikipedia

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    "Grit refers to the average particle diameter and is marked on the reverse of the sheet. The higher the grit number, the smaller the particle size. The lower the number, the coarser the particles are." "Refers to" does not imply proportional. It's an inverse correlation (not even a useful relation) and that's made clear in the following sentence.

  4. Grit - Wikipedia

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    Grit, one of the byproducts of grinding, an abrasive machining process Grit removal , the removal of grit, the coarse abrasive material in untreated sewage Grit size table , fineness/coarseness classification of sandpaper grit, and compares the CAMI and "P" designations with the average grit size in micrometres (μm)

  5. Sharpening stone - Wikipedia

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    Converting these names to absolute grit size is difficult as the classes are broad and natural stones have no inherent "grit number". As an indication, ara-to is probably (using a non-Japanese system of grading grit size) 500–1000 grit. The naka-to is probably 3000–5000 grit and the shiage-to is likely 7000–10000 grit.

  6. Floor sanding - Wikipedia

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    The best method when using a drum sander is to start out with a lower grit belt sandpaper. For oak, maple, and ash hardwoods, It is recommended to start with 40 grit, then with each subsequent sanding pass, go up in sandpaper grit e.g. 60, 80, and finish with 100 grit. When wood floor planks are warped, cupped, or significantly uneven, it may ...

  7. Sandblasting - Wikipedia

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    The air compressor provides a large volume of high pressure air to a single or multiple "blast pots". Blast pots are pressurized, tank-like containers, filled with abrasive material, used to allow an adjustable amount of blasting grit into the main blasting line. The number of blast pots is dictated by the volume of air the compressor can provide.