guineafowl21
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I’ve just been flattening a pine chopping board in the drum sander. It’s so resinous that the fabric-based abrasive loading clogged almost instantly with a rock hard, thick layer of resin and sawdust. It was so difficult to remove I nearly threw the roll away.
What seemed to work was doubling over the paper and rolling it between the hands, such that the layer of stuff has to turn through a tight bend and some of it cracks away. I then sprayed on some Maplin electrical contact cleaner, which smells like acetone, and wire brushed away the softened residue. Worked a treat.
Just be aware that wire brushing the sandpaper can produce sparks that may ignite the acetone, so keep back.
What seemed to work was doubling over the paper and rolling it between the hands, such that the layer of stuff has to turn through a tight bend and some of it cracks away. I then sprayed on some Maplin electrical contact cleaner, which smells like acetone, and wire brushed away the softened residue. Worked a treat.
Just be aware that wire brushing the sandpaper can produce sparks that may ignite the acetone, so keep back.
