Differences between abrasive cloth and abrasive paper

When buying abrasive paper, you may see abrasive cloth, which looks similar to abrasive paper and is also used for polishing. However, there are some differences between the two kinds of polishing tools, mainly reflected in the following aspects:

1. Different subbase

Abrasive paper is used to stick abrasives on paper substrate with adhesives, such as kraft paper, latex paper, waterproof paper, etc; Abrasive cloth is used to stick the abrasive to the cloth substrate, and some abrasive cloth substrates are made of paper and cotton cloth together.

2. Different abrasives

Both abrasive paper and abrasive cloth use abrasive grains as abrasives, among which silicon carbide and corundum are commonly used abrasives for abrasive paper; The abrasives of abrasive cloth are different from those of abrasive paper. As abrasives, there are artificial emery, artificial corundum, emery, silicon, quartz, light stone, iron oxide, etc.

3. Different granularity

Comparatively speaking, the abrasive grain size of sandpaper is smaller and more delicate; The abrasive grain size of abrasive cloth is relatively large and rough, but the grinding speed is fast and the efficiency is high, but the grinding precision is relatively low.

4. Different prices

For products of the same specification and model, the price of abrasive paper is usually cheaper than that of abrasive cloth. It is also common to buy abrasive paper, and abrasive cloth is sold less.