Polishing tight corners. New guy.

[jrow]

Originally Posted by chefboiali

I just recieved my hand sander. Little Black and decker mouse model. Got it for a good price. Can I wet sand with it?

In a word NO, Electricity and water don't mix!

John

[chefboiali]

Originally Posted by jrow

In a word NO, Electricity and water don't mix!
John

Well, I didn't mean to have the water running next to it, I do have some sense lol. But when I sand larger pieces, just sand dry with the sander? I'm asking because of the part in this thread where he uses the palm sander.

MOTORCYCLE POLISHING 101 CLASS IS IN SESSION!

Any assistance would be great.

[sswee]

Alot of people do it with a plastic spray bottle. I use a quarter sheet sander that way. The only problem you might have is finding wet/dry paper for that model.
SS

[chefboiali]

Originally Posted by sswee

Alot of people do it with a plastic spray bottle. I use a quarter sheet sander that way. The only problem you might have is finding wet/dry paper for that model.
SS

Thanks swee... That's what I thought. Can't wait to post pics. Thanks for all the support. Everyone.

[mpierich]

I use an air-powered jitterbug sometimes with water - works great, no danger of electrocution.

[jrow]

Originally Posted by chefboiali

But when I sand larger pieces, just sand dry with the sander? I'm asking because of the part in this thread where he uses the palm sander.

MOTORCYCLE POLISHING 101 CLASS IS IN SESSION!

Any assistance would be great.

Just sand with your mouse sander, dry. One thing, I believe that the sandpaper for the mouse is aluminum oxide. You will find if you wet it, it won't last very long!

John

[chefboiali]

Man... I'll tell yah... polishing things with tight corners is a great place to start, because it MUST be the hardest. I've gotten pretty far with this piece, but have a feeling it's going to drive me crazy along the way. lol Here's a before and "during" shot. I found some cratex cone shaped abrasives for my dremel, and shaved a couple of them down on a belt sander to get into the tight areas. It helped a LOT! Other than that, just sanded with 400,600,800, 1000 in very small increments so NOT to pull the hair from my shaved head. I had to jump the gun a little and hit it with some black emery just to make sure it was gonna shine (noobism).

[pickleboy]

Originally Posted by jrow

Just sand with your mouse sander, dry. One thing, I believe that the sandpaper for the mouse is aluminum oxide. You will find if you wet it, it won't last very long!

John

i wet sand with alum oxide all the time and never had a problem. it may have to do with the paper manufacture.

[chefboiali]

Originally Posted by pickleboy

i wet sand with alum oxide all the time and never had a problem. it may have to do with the paper manufacture.

You know, it's funny. I went to the store and got some REALLY sticky velcro. I took some of my wetsand sandpaper and cut them to the size of the mouse. Sticking it on the bottom, using a squirt bottle, I don't see any difference other than it's taking me like 20 min... instead of 2 hours to get the same amount of work done. The valve cover I'm working on is going a LOT faster. I even used duct tape to roll under the sand paper to get it to stick, and it works like a charm. I guess you just have to work with what you got. I'll use the pads that I have for the mouse on other projects. Squirting the vavle cover, and THEN sanding, works pretty well.

[pickleboy]

if you cant find adhesive backed paper for your sander then i suggest (its what i use) is a can of spray glue from the craft store. it will stick the paper to the sander pad and if you only spray it on the paper lightly it is easy to peel off when worn out and is waterproof. best of luck.