In praise of sponge sanding sticks

[akesterton]

This is probably old news to most people (as it was you lot that told me about this a while ago when I was asking about filling seams). I am really pleased with the finish from sponge sanding sticks . I recently bought a set and using them to clean up a 747 fuselage at the moment. I am using some 180 grit but will go finer as the gaps disappear and I want to polish up the surface. Much easier than messing around with wet 'n dry.

I got my set of sticks from www.mastercasters.co.uk.

anthony

[rd49]

I take it that thats not a real 747! only joking, I use them myself and they do produce consistient results

[Paul Senter]

Never seen these before - I have been using the nail file sanders you can get from Asda, about an inch wide, double sided with a sponge inner.

Always have a to buy a couple of extra for 'she who must be obeyed'

They normally work pretty well for me.

Paul

[karlos]

I call em emery boards I gets em where I can, pound shops are good, local market is another, on the cosmetic stall, I get some strange looks...............

[akesterton]

rd49, no, not a real one, lol

re: the emery boards - the sponge backed sticks seem have have just the right amount of give for seams, etc - bit like those toothbrushes than have the flexible heads so you don't wear away your teeth. Emery boards are good for filing down a dead flat surface though, or getting rid of a lot of plastic quickly.

I suspect the finish is also because I am using the right grit levels for the first time

anthony

[Paul Senter]

Read an Osprey Modelling Masterclass book the other day on Luftwaffe aircraft and the author was extolling the use of the coloured nail buffers used to polish finger nails. Haven't tried it myself yet but apparently the different colours relate to different grades getting progressively finer.

Might be an alternative to expensive 'specialist' modellers tools.

Paul