Get More Mileage Out of Your Sandpaper With This Hack

[@pepleatherlab3872]

True. The crepe rubber does a good job. I use it often on my hand Dremel sanding rounds. When it comes to sheets my experience is simply soaking them in water with a bit of Dawn soap works quite well. Depending on brand, the sandpaper is often quite water resistant anyway. Tupperware and five minutes of shaking takes away about 70% of particles. This method works even better if you're doing a lot of acrylic edge work due to its water soluble nature. Cheers Buddy! 🍺

[@adriansolis5362]

This is a great tip. I have the same gum sole and learned this trick from watching a friend use their old Chuck Taylor shoes to clean up their belt sander. This extends the life of your sandpaper by SO MUCH!

[@V3leathercraft]

Thanks for tip🙏🏾. I use cloth backed sand paper which lasts atleast 100 times more. The grit lasts a lot... Only thing is its available till 400 grit, but since i bought two years ago to keep in wood block sand paper holder, i haven't changed it, b'se it works as 1000-1500 grit now😜

[@entmeister]

You can buy a big chunk of this stuff as well. They sell em for skateboarding as well

[@theartsypixie2771]

I love this tip. I use sandpaper on all my hobbies... ok, maybe not the crocheting and quilting 😅, but the polymer clay sculpting, woodworking, and leatherworking . 😊

[@BlackFlagLeatherGoods]

It's super helpful! Makes the sandpaper look like new.

[@taylorbrown2320]

Is the little canvas bag you use for polishing just a bolts and nuts Bag?

[@blueroselion5243]

I've used the "magic eraser" to clean glue/contact cement off my work station but never thought of using it on my sandpaper. Thanks for the tip!

[@landmarkleather]

Great tip! Thanks! This will make my powered sandpaper machine much better! Also, been meaning to tell you I got a cheap foot switch for the tabletop sander on Amazon, changed my life.

[@Terry-n1i]

Great tip!! Have to see where to get some. I was wanting something to clean ,Dremel sander drums and my polisher sand drums. Looks like it will save $$ in long run. Im like you, hate to trash something, when i know it could feasibly be used again... Thanks

[@thomasbedarrides1376]

great hack as it works really well to keep your sand paper clean and last longer. but I Think you could skip some of the grits you are refering to... 1000, 1500, 2000, 3000, 3200, 3400, 4000, 6000, 8000, 10000, 12000 is way overkill in my humble opinion. you can just double the grit and get the same result like 1000, 2000,3000,(4000 if you like), 6000 then 12000. and I personnally never feel the need to go over 5000 to get really high polished glassy edges. but might depends on the leather. :) anyway your content and leather work are great and very useful so thank you for that.

[@ArkadyPapaja]

Great trick, man, and remember if it works It's not stupid

[@theBoonarmies]

I use a kneadable eraser to clean mine. Blutac works just the same. I roll it across the paper. I find it pulls less abrasive off of the paper of the finer grits than a solid eraser sometimes does after one or two cleanings.

[@joelcotton190]

We would use those large natural gum erasers to clean belt sanders.

[@yiggort]

incredible idea! thank you for sharing!

[@Lorddanielrushton371]

I used this trick when I'm sanding wood, never thought to do it for leather lol

[@nicholaskillmeier4895]

Knifemaker laughs at leathersmith's comment about using a lot of sandpaper :) You can buy this stuff in a 2x2x10 inch bar from most places that sell 2x72 belts. I've had the same bar for a few years and it's still got a lot of life in it.

[@nickmagill3604]

i second this comment. This is leather yoou shouldn't be going though paper like this. stop buying shitty amazon paper. dude spend like 300$ on a pricking chisel but cant drop more then 2.99 on decent sandpaper

[@dj621kelvin]

In the footwear trade that rubber is known as " crepe rubber". If you are looking to get some you can try your local shoe repairer who most probably will have a sheet of it in stock . You won't require much as a small piece will literally last a long time .

[@taylorbrown2320]

Hey man! I was wondering what kind of canvas burnished you use? And where to get them? I can’t tell exactly what it is… is the one you’re using a mechanics bolt holder?

[@felipegomesdeoliveira5987]

Don't know if this is applicable to every sandpaper, but I clean mine with a soft brush (just like the ones people use to paint on cavas) and water.

[@michaelholbrook4401]

I have a tendency to tear my finishing sand paper into small 2 by 2 squares, use them, then promptly lose them. Gum rubber won't help me with that. :)

[@tassiespirit]

Wet and dry "sand paper", all you need to do is just wash it in water and a soft brush, then let it dry - done.

[@BlackFlagLeatherGoods]

Haha actually?? I'm trying that. It makes sense.

[@bbrachman]

Possibly it was me. I have used crepe chunks forever. Saw it on a wood working video for cleaning sand paper, but I origianlly used it to take off excess contact cement. Works perfectly for that. I had a little square running around from the time graphic designers used rubber cement on layouts. That is what I originally bought it for. Then it worked with smelly contact cement. IT WILL NOT WORK on water based contact cement. I have ruined many pieces being sloppy. The only solution I found is to apply leather balm (Smiths is what I have) to the leather BEFORE gluing with water based adhesive. Lessens the damage. I have tried EVERYTHING to get water based contact cement off of the grain side of leather. Alcohol, Acetone, Dawn, Goo Gone. Nada. Still working on it. Prevention seems the best way at this point.

[@Dahna_]

I’ll do you one even better. Use the rubber from an old pair of shoes instead of buying it. Works just as well

[@TheShredder316]

how about a pencil eraser?

[@georgepattinson1036]

Be much easier to see if you could focus the camera !

[@nickmagill3604]

an even better trick is not using that shitty amazon sandpaper. that is literally the same stuff they give you at the dollar tree.

[@Brian-hx9wy]

Well what’s the solution then?

[@nickmagill3604]

@@Brian-hx9wy Damn you really need it spelled out for you? use good quality sandpaper. i use decent quality orbital sanding disks because they last i only switch out my paper once every few months. we work in leather not in steel if you are using quality paper then there is no reason to go through that much

[@Brian-hx9wy]

@@nickmagill3604 spelled out? No. Source of maybe where you buy your paper? Hmm maybe. Sure I can do a quick search but maybe you have insight on where to actually buy it. Anyone can charge more for something and call it better. But is it? 🤷🏻‍♂️ who knows. Maybe if you offered a solution to your remarks you could lead someone here where to actually buy “quality” sandpaper. Me, however, it’s sandpaper, idc how great it is. The cheap crap I buy gets the job done. I’d rather spend more energy and money elsewhere. That’s just me and I’ll do me and you do you boo.