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Permalink Reply by Rouxdy Blues on January 18, 2012 at 8:58am

Thanks for the tip!  I'm as green as they get so I'm absorbing everything. 

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Permalink Reply by Richard G Caudill on January 18, 2012 at 9:38am

I just bought some of the Norton sandpaper ,, And i Readily agree ,, this is some of the bestest stuff i have used ,, it does as u say ,, and is priced really right ,, I don t think I'll buy any other kind.. Bought it on a fluke

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Permalink Reply by Tom on January 18, 2012 at 10:02am

Thanks for the tip Charlotte.  While most of my past history with sandpaper is in use on metal, I am finding with wood, it seems pretty much the same. You get what you pay for (sometimes), and the Norton brand is hard to beat !

 

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Permalink Reply by JUJU on January 18, 2012 at 10:10am

Hell yeah Norton is my Fav too - bit more expensive but worh every penny as is said you get what you pay for - but Norton abrasives outlast others by a mile so it's cost effective to buy it :)

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on January 19, 2012 at 5:44am

Ey up JuJu...where do you get the Norton  from? I'm fed up with the useless cheap stuff from my local hardware shop.

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Permalink Reply by JUJU on January 19, 2012 at 8:51am

usually B&Q or Ebay - ebay is usually cheaper but not always available - so as a last resort it's B&Q

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on January 19, 2012 at 9:02am

I have a pathological aversion to B&Q...it's my absolute last resort...it galls me paying a tenner for something that I can buy from a proper shop for a couple  of quid.

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on January 19, 2012 at 9:15am

me too...and i took in 35 quids worth of gift tokens recently only to be told they were "out of date" after a management financial takeover...no customer love there, much prefer Homebase anyway (-: 

 

(btw sorry if i sound pedantic but when i was in the building trade we called this "glasspaper"...the paper was covered in tiny bits of glass...the term sort of stuck...! )

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on January 19, 2012 at 9:59am

I remember in woodwork class at school being told it was glasspaper, not sandpaper.  

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Permalink Reply by JUJU on January 19, 2012 at 11:26am

yep i'm the same mate but sometimes i just have to do it but it's got to be the last last last resort

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on January 20, 2012 at 3:58am

I was going to suggest B&Q till I read of your aversion.They sell Nortons Oakey Superflex on rolls which great for using in longstrips on the back of necks (just like a shoe shine)

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Permalink Reply by Richard G Caudill on January 19, 2012 at 6:35am

By the way ms charlotte ,, as we are talking finish,, what type of stains do u use??

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