Your source for sandpaper? (1000 grit plus)

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Just curious where everyone goes. My local Lowes and Home Despot have wet/dry that only goes up to 600. I think I need 800, 1000, maybe 2000 (I'm fixin' to sand out some scratched in graffiti in my Punch-Out!! plexi).
 
An Automotive Paint Supply Store is your best bet...and there is usually one in every town.
 
I think Wal-Mart even has 1000 and 2000 grit in the auto body repair section (where you'd find bondo, touch-up paints, etc.).
 
To polish out a scratch in plex you gotta go higher than 2000 grit :)
 
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Didn't think of the auto paint supply, or even Walmart, for that matter. Never heard of Tap plastic, but I don't get around much.

I'll pick up some 3k too....
 
I went looking for higher than 2000 around me, but could only find 2000 at Autozone. I used a combination of that and Novus on my Turbo plexi bezel. It's okay, but not great. Novus might be nice for car headlights, but it's not good enough on clear areas of plexi...in spite of what everyone here seems to think. I might look for 2500 or 3000 online and see how that works...then use Novus.

EDIT-Just bought some for $9 shipped off E-bay for 2000, 2500, and 3000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sandpaper-Ultra...090?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483df63d82
 
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I went looking for higher than 2000 around me, but could only find 2000 at Autozone. I used a combination of that and Novus on my Turbo plexi bezel. It's okay, but not great. Novus might be nice for car headlights, but it's not good enough on clear areas of plexi...in spite of what everyone here seems to think. I might look for 2500 or 3000 online and see how that works...then use Novus.

I doubt Novus was the problem. Bad results polishing out scratches is usually because you moved too quickly through the sandpaper grits. With deep scratches you need to start with something fairly rough (like 600 or even 400) and slowly work your way up with finer and finer grits. You should be wet-sanding with 2000 or 2500 before you move up to Novus. First Novus 3 and then Novus 2. I use an orbital buffer to polish bezels with Novus. And you must have patience... the whole process will take hours.
 
Just curious where everyone goes. My local Lowes and Home Despot have wet/dry that only goes up to 600. I think I need 800, 1000, maybe 2000 (I'm fixin' to sand out some scratched in graffiti in my Punch-Out!! plexi).

i use a local auto parts store that sells tons of suto body supplies. I can get sticky back sandpaper for $.05-$.10 a piece even cheaper if i buy a whole roll.

its decent stuff too that lasts just as well as 3m krap..
 
I doubt Novus was the problem. Bad results polishing out scratches is usually because you moved too quickly through the sandpaper grits. With deep scratches you need to start with something fairly rough (like 600 or even 400) and slowly work your way up with finer and finer grits. You should be wet-sanding with 2000 or 2500 before you move up to Novus. First Novus 3 and then Novus 2. I use an orbital buffer to polish bezels with Novus. And you must have patience... the whole process will take hours.

I know...I've polished dental restorations for years. However, like you said, without 2500, it doesn't work really well. The product, and others here, make it seem like it will buff it all out well, but not without help from some finer grit sandpaper. I'm hoping this will do the trick!
 
Good stuff everyone. I ordered a 400-3000 grit pack from the same seller that Jedi posted.

This was after I checked my local walmart, that had basically from 220 to 600 and that was it. Must be a regional thing. Guess nobody here likes sanding stuff. :rolleyes: There's an auto paint supply store, but it's a bit out of the way.

http://www.pinrestore.com/Supplies.html

has 3000, 2500,2000, 1500, 1200, 1000, 800, 600 and on down.

has lots of other tools and supplies that are great for those of us that focus more on pins, but will probably come in useful for video projects as well

Thanks, cali, for this link! Decent prices on sandpaper, and I could use some of pretty much everything on that page.
 
I doubt Novus was the problem. Bad results polishing out scratches is usually because you moved too quickly through the sandpaper grits. With deep scratches you need to start with something fairly rough (like 600 or even 400) and slowly work your way up with finer and finer grits. You should be wet-sanding with 2000 or 2500 before you move up to Novus. First Novus 3 and then Novus 2. I use an orbital buffer to polish bezels with Novus. And you must have patience... the whole process will take hours.

The pack I bought comes with these grits, are these enough steps?

220 grit
320 grit
400 grit
600 grit
800 grit
1000 grit
1500 grit
2000 grit
2500 grit
3000 grit
 
The pack I bought comes with these grits, are these enough steps?

220 grit
320 grit
400 grit
600 grit
800 grit
1000 grit
1500 grit
2000 grit
2500 grit
3000 grit

Sure, that looks fine. Just take your time.
If the scratches aren't too deep then you'll probably want to start with the 1000. If you don't seem to be getting anywhere then you can step back to something coarser and then work your way up again.
I wet sand the entire time... mainly because it's less messy and I prefer not to inhale plastic dust.
 
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