It was more expensive than the old garnet style sandpaper. This package holds three pieces, the older style paper package had four or five.
It was advertised as the "World's Best Sandpaper".
Oh sure, World's Best? How could one sandpaper make such a claim?
Home Depot was out of the older style garnet 220 and I was stuck.
I was pleasantly surprised.
This sandpaper doesn't load up as much. What does get stuck to it is easily knocked off under water with a soft brass brush. I used a single piece again and again.
World's best? Who knows. But it is a good sandpaper.
I hate how Home Depot has custom packaging that you cannot easily trace back to the original manufacture's listings. This package does not exist on Norton's website, so you're not sure if this is the same as other stores Norton 3X. Well, after studying the Norton spec sheet (http://www.nortonconsumer.com/uploadedFiles/SGnortonconsumer/Documents/SheetSpecifications-DIY340.pdf) you can figure out that this is most likely the slightly cheaper grade Norton Premium (type A275) without the fiber-reinforced flexible backing paper that you'll find on Norton's top of the line Norton 3X High Performance (type A259). The exclusive Home Depot package allows HD to sell Norton's "Premium" sandpaper seemingly cheaper than, say, Ace Hardware, but you are not getting the same top of the line Norton 3X consumer product.
ReplyDeleteHD does this will many other exclusive products as well, such as special DeWalt models that are not in the DeWalt catalog.