Abrasives
Dealing in the best abrasives to create perfect surfaces and highest gloss levels.
Picking The Right Abrasives For The Job
Abrasives are hard materials with grit. The main use for them is to grind, smooth or polish surfaces of other materials. Their main use is to smooth a surface. In contrast, they are also used to roughen a surface. For example, they can create a satin, matte or a beaded finish surface.
Abrasives are commonly in the form of sandpapers, honing stones, grinding wheels, sandblasting, ball mills, and also tumbling. The characters of abrasives are between their hardness and also brittleness.
Abrasive Types:
There are 2 types of abrasives, Natural and Manufactured or Synthetic.
Natural Abrasives
Minerals or rocks from the earth compose natural abrasives. They are also only used in special types of grinding wheels and honing stones. For example, natural materials include Quartz, Corundum, Garnet and Diamond. Diamond is also considered the hardest material in the world.
Manufactured or Synthetic Abrasives
Materials of various hardness levels are what composes Manufactured or Synthetic abrasives. These are also often considered superior to, if not as effective as today’s natural abrasives. For example, some materials are Glass Fall, Carborundum, and Aluminum Oxide.
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Abrasive Tool Types
Abrasives are in many different forms and are either bonded or coated to a surface.
Bonded Abrasives
A bonded abrasive attaches to a matrix called a binder, which is often made of clay, rubber, a resin, or also glass. When the binder and abrasive mix, they are often shaped into a block, stick, or wheel for the final product.
Coated Abrasives
Coated abrasives attach to a backing material such as paper, rubber, resin, cloth, polyester or even metal. For example, one common form is sandpaper.
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