In Ralph O'Quinn's article "Surface Preparation" he refers to Scotchbrite by # s-7448 and S-7446 both in grey. I have checked at Target and K-Mart and can not find any refernce to numbers, nor do I find Scotchbrite in grey. Am I looking in the wrong place? and how improtant is color?
Mike

Somewhat important because the color tells you the coarseness of the pad. Try an automotive body supply company or a better hardware store. Nearly all woodworking stores also carry them.

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Lowe's, Home Depot carries them (at least here in MI)

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

Red color = corse sanding/scuffing (mainly used for re-painting)

Grey color = fine sanding/scuffing (mainly used for clear coating over existing clear coats)

Any automotive paint store carrys both, you can even buy by the case. The grey = about a 1200grit sandpaper and the red = about a 400-60grit paper (yes I managed a paint/body shop for many years :) )

DR

I too looked at Lowes and Home Depot and did not find it.

I did find it at a woodworking store..rocklers

Many thanks, I'll try the woodworking stores.

I only found some no-scratch Scotchbrite blue/teal pads. They didn't have any number designation on them. The local hardware store had 3m products but no scotchbrite stuff.

3M are the manufacturers of Scotchbrite.

I think the teal coloured ones are the ones you use for normal dishwashing as they are the ones I find in my supermarket. They aren't as harsh as the green ones.

I just discovered that you can get the grey ones through Amazon.com

try [www.msc-ind.com]


if you can't find it with MSC you can't find it.

BTW get their catalog. It''s free and about 3" thick

Jimmy hit it on the nailhead - if MSC doesn't have it, it's not available.

Stan

If you have a Fastenal store close to where you live, they have it too.

Bill in WV

Go baqck to lowes and lookin the painting section if you did not.

You can't find it lowes or hd here in sw fla I had to get it at the local woodworking store and i cleaned them out so i wouldn't be without 3 months ago lol

Re- Scotchbrite- I also looked for this product at Lowes. I could only find Scotchbrite in the green but I did find a 3M product of the same type material, gray in color, that is called "Between Coats Finishing Pads". It says it replaces "00" steel wool (Product # is 10144NA). Could this be equivalent to the Scotchbrite product? I need to do some slight re-working on a few guides myself.

Edit- I looked closely at these pads and they have "Scotch-Brite" lightly imprinted on them in white- but it wasnt on the package label. Now- to figure out if all gray pads are the same or if they have a couple fineness levels in gray color(?)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/10/2006 09:52PM by B. E. Salfen.