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Anyone familiar with Flex-I-Grit?? I need help identifying the sheets. A (long) while ago, I bought a package of Flex-I-Grit sanding film, made by K& Engineering Co. at Micro-Mark. There are 5 sheets with grits from 23 micron down to .5 micron (equivalent to 10,000 grit). They are made from silicon carbide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide and chromium oxide. Problem is that I can't figure out which sheet is what grit! The sheets are black, light gray-beige, beige, dark gray, green. The package does say 23 ALO and 8 Sil & 23 Sil, so I figure the Aluminum oxide is 23 micron grit and the Silicon carbide comes in two grits. But I still can't figure out what color is what material is what fineness. I think I can tell which is the roughest but cannot grade the others. (Also, is there a difference in the 23 micron ALO and the 23 micron Silicon carbide?) I have a posting from 1996 about using sandpaper in tumblers that mentions some industrial sandpaper and give the color coding, but that doesn't match what I have. The glass attic page on sanding alludes (I think) to these sanding films but offers no info on what colors match what size. BTW, I've searched Web sites - mostly hobby/model shops - that carry Flex-I-Grit and none that I saw provide this information. Also, I requested this info from K&S without any response. (I think they figured that if I can't tell the difference between a sheet of Aluminum oxide and Cerium Oxide, I'm not worth talking to.) So... if anyone can help me out on this one, thanks. --- Irwin P.S. The sheets are not expensive; it's just that I really want to see what sanding with the equivalent of 10,000 rit looks like!
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