Pads can be washed and re-used.
Tip - A light touch works best. For resin - try sanding with some water for a smoother finish! Keep the colour card for reference so you know you are using them in the right order.
Product Description
AMAZING SANDING AND POLISHING PADS! Micro-Mesh Soft Touch Pads 2" x 2" - Set of 9
These Micro-Mesh polishing pads are just amazing. The silicone carbide Micro-Mesh range has long been one of Petra's favourite tools for finishing jewellery, and these pads can usually be found sitting on her studio table. The pads are double sided, ultra flexible and cushioned, making them perfect for metal clay and general jewellery finishing and polishing, as well as getting an amazing glossy finish on acrylic and resin turnings and casts.
The foam core provides additional flexibility and conformity, while being easy to hold and operate. Each pad is color coded and has the same Micro-Mesh® grade on both sides. These pads can be rinsed, allowed to thoroughly dry and be stored away for further use.
The Pink 12000 will leave a scratch pattern that can't be detected by the human eye. Micro-Mesh offers outstanding results for a huge range of applications, and is extremely popular with jewellery artists, model builders, wood carvers, pen turners, musical instrument makers, luthiers, furniture restorers and anyone who requires a highly polished surface.
Perfect for gentle sanding out of marks, preparing surfaces for polishing all the way up to a high polish, and touching up or repairing a scratch.
By using the higher grits on fired silver clay you can get the most amazing high polish with very little work.
Suitable for gold, silver, acrylic, resin, corian, plastic, varnish, soft wood, coatings, gelcoat and polycarbonate.
Grits from coarse to fine:
- 1500 Brown/Rust (FEPA 800 - Micromesh MX 180)
- 1800 Green (FEPA 1200 - Micromesh MX 240)
- 2400 Dark grey (FEPA 1500 - Micromesh MX 320)
- 3200 Light grey (FEPA 2000 - Micromesh MX 360)
- 3600 Dark Brown (FEPA 2500 - Micromesh MX 400)
- 4000 Teal (FEPA 5 Micron - Micromesh MX 600)
- 6000 Purple (FEPA 4 Micron - Micromesh MX 800)
- 8000 Blue (FEPA 3 Micron - Micromesh MX 1200)
- 12000 Pink (FEPA 1 Micron)
Pad sizes are 2" x 2"
What is Micro Mesh?
Micro-Mesh™ is what we like to call a non-abrasive abrasive. It is considered a cushioned abrasive.
Conventional sandpaper is designed to be aggressive so that it will dig deeply. In its manufacture the crystals are electrically charged so that they will stand up. They are locked into a hard resin and when you apply the paper to a surface it will literally tear in and remove the substrate of the material you are sanding. The crystals cut in a negative raking motion, leaving inconsistent scratch patterns.
Micro-Mesh™ does the opposite. The backing is long lasting cloth to which an ultra-flexible cushioning layer is applied. This cushioning layer will determine how far forward you can push crystals before they will penetrate the cushioning layer. On top of this layer, we have a very resilient glue, not a hard resin, but a completely flexible glue that will hold the crystals while allowing it to move and rotate. The crystals can turn in any direction without coming loose. When you start to apply pressure to sand with Micro-Mesh™, the crystals will go into the cushioning layer while beginning to cut a bit. If you push harder, they will go further into the cushioning layer, which serves as a safety valve. It determines how much pressure you can exert in a downward direction. Instead of a deep scratch that sandpaper makes, Micro-Mesh™ produce a refined scratch that is close to a RMS of 1.0. The cushioning layer also allows the crystals to cut with a planing motion that leaves an extremely consistent scratch pattern and allows you to achieve extraordinary levels of gloss.
Where conventional abrasives will take surfaces down 2 or 3 thousandths (.002 or .003), Micro-Mesh™ will take it down one ten thousandth (.0001) or less.
What are Micro Mesh Regular grits?
Micro-Mesh™ Regular Grits are slightly different to the FEPA grits. There are 9 different grades in total (4 are in this set of 2), ranging from 1500R to 12,000R. This is the equivalent of FEPA 600 to 1 micron.
All Grades are silicone carbide except Reg 8000 and 1200 Aluminium Oxide.
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Amazing Product!
OMG what an amazing product! If you love polishing then these are a godsend!
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