Sanding block

[Geoff_S]

Can anyone recommend where I can get good quality blocks like this? I did order some on the internet but they were absolute rubbish. They
wore out/fell apart after no time at all.

The one in the picture is still going (sort of) but It is old and I have completely forgotten where I got it from.

Thanks

 

[MikeG.]

Forgive me. I've never bought a sanding block in my life. What would be the problem with just shaping something like this out of an off-cut, if that's the shape you want?

 

[Geordie Joe]

I got som 3M ones from Homebase and they are very good, have lasted a long time.

Don't get the cheaper brand they sell, they fall apart if you put them too close to a piece of wood.

My local store was also selling cork blocks for 50p too.

 

[Geoff_S]

Forgive me. I've never bought a sanding block in my life. What would be the problem with just shaping something like this out of an off-cut, if that's the shape you want?

I do that as well, but these are a semi-rigid foam that allows a bit of flexibility when getting into grooves and the like.

 

[Geoff_S]

I got som 3M ones from Homebase and they are very good, have lasted a long time.

Don't get the cheaper brand they sell, they fall apart if you put them too close to a piece of wood.

My local store was also selling cork blocks for 50p too.

3M, that's it, I remember now. Ta