Cleaning Sandpaper
Mark SimpsonWhen working with body fillers the resins tend to migrate to the surface as the body filler cures. These resins can quickly clog a new sheet of sandpaper. Here is a quick tip for cleaning sandpaper and getting it unclogged. This will have you sanding again without the expense of a new sheet of sandpaper.
When working with body fillers, especially just cutting fresh body filler that's on the panel, it's not uncommon for the sandpaper to get clogged up with the resins that kind of migrate to the top of the filler. Rather than throw away the sandpaper, a quick way to rejuvenate your sandpaper is just take a wire brush. Run it down to sandpaper. You're ready to go again.
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