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Strip it disk for your grinder
seagull - October 17th, 2006 at 09:50 PM

I found a disk for your 5" grinder called strip it

did most of my bug with 3 of them $30.00
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m315/seagull_03/steelbug001.jpg


Craig Torrens - October 17th, 2006 at 09:57 PM

any pics of the disc ?

Looks like it does a good job.


seagull - October 17th, 2006 at 10:29 PM

yes mate I get some give me a bit battery on charge :)


seagull - October 17th, 2006 at 11:40 PM

strip it
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m315/seagull_03/stripitdisk007.jpg


beerdoc - October 18th, 2006 at 12:00 AM

YE the awesome


helbus - October 18th, 2006 at 12:02 AM

I keep trying to tell people about them, but they reackon they are too dear. So they go and wear out a snader and use $50 of sandpaper, or use $50 of paintstripper and associated cleanup stuff.

Bingo on the strip it discs. I have been using them for ten years in various forms, and it is only recent years the grinder ones have become available.


seagull - October 18th, 2006 at 12:25 AM

Time was a factor here .I did the full body / less bolt on pannels in two hours

very happy with them


VolksFolks - October 18th, 2006 at 09:19 AM

looks great matey, i would be a little worried about cutting into the steel and promoting rust in the future, how abrasive are they!


Craig Torrens - October 18th, 2006 at 05:24 PM

Is it a Bunnings type of product? or a specialised Auto shop .


mackaymanx - October 18th, 2006 at 05:36 PM

I found this on google
http://www.specialabrasives.com/clean.htm 


helbus - October 18th, 2006 at 09:10 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by VolksFolks
looks great matey, i would be a little worried about cutting into the steel and promoting rust in the future, how abrasive are they!


They are like a mega strong scotch brite. They don't grind in to the metal.


64vwmark - October 18th, 2006 at 10:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Craig Torrens
Is it a Bunnings type of product? or a specialised Auto shop .


I would be interested to know too!


helbus - October 18th, 2006 at 11:35 PM

I get mine from an abrasives specialist. SIA brand from a place called Rotary Tools in Campbellfield. http://www.rotools.com.au 

This is the product

http://www.sia-abrasives.com/fibral/en/89E7CE71A9394D11840AD80ABC2B17FD.html 


killakornkobb - October 21st, 2006 at 12:25 PM

these pads are great for polishing the metal before buzzing with 80-120 prior to primer.. we use them at work on panels that have been paint stripped the day before


shaihulud - October 21st, 2006 at 12:25 PM

I used similar discs when I cleaned off corrosion from an alclad aluminium aeroplane shell. They removed the alclad but I needed to be careful about how agressively I used them on the softer aluminium. They gave it a nice clean, machine brushed look.

In the cleaning industry the usual grading of abrasive plastic discs is, Black is the hardest, then blue, then red, then green, then orange, then yellow. When stripping and sealing vinyl floors, the use of black discs must be done carefully so as not to remove the harder skin from the floor tiles.A blue disc is best to remove the old sealer and then polish the new sealer with orange or yellow discs.

I suppose that there is a similar grading in hardness with these discs.


Desert Moose - October 21st, 2006 at 05:36 PM

Bunnings has the blue ones (not as good but still work $10)

But Mark a place on collier Rd bayswater has then in Black....


StenGuns - October 21st, 2006 at 07:04 PM

Most hardware stores have them.. I've used them for some time too.. I also bought this shit hot coiled wire disk for my grinder today.. It was great.. Ripping rust away without stripping too much good metal.. Cleaning in creases etc.. Little ripper!


seagull - October 22nd, 2006 at 08:38 PM

well I have done just about the whole bug with 13 disks
The place in perth that whole sale this item is Abrasiflex 93703455
were Chris stated

I am very happy with this product


1303Steve - October 22nd, 2006 at 09:33 PM

Hi

With all these discs you need to careful about putting heat into panels as they will warp.

Steve


ruckus - October 22nd, 2006 at 09:41 PM

^ I agree, but if you keep moving it's fine. They actually polish the metal so much that like Damo said you have to key the metal before you paint. Just have to be careful around edges etc because it can eat up the disks pretty fast. Did the whole roof and front of Doc's bus with two or three of the little bastards.