stir sticks

You honestly have some sort of thing for guys who disagree with you, and I am shocked by your reply. Nothing more I need to say to you or anything in this thread. Sorry.
 
I often use plexiglass sticks about the same size as a stir stick-when the size of the area and contour need a block of that size... and it works fine for me. Wooden stir sticks-rarely do I find one that's straight and flat enough for me to use as is and my experience with wood is it's very unstable, warp, swell... Kosmoski recomended balsa wood blocks for colorsanding years ago but I never tried balsa.
 
I did some experimentation with making balsa blocks for clear. I didn't like any of the ones I tried. Maybe someone else would have better luck though.

Not that my process is anywhere near where I would like it to be, but I use a couple Durblock pieces mostly. I have a 6" piece with slices I cut with a band saw every 1" for curves. I use a 9" durablock with no slices for the flatter areas.

I'd like to try Bob's plexi-glass method. I just end up using scrap pieces of hard wood because that is what I have laying around.
 
I have been using paint sticks (nice ones with rounded edges)for sanding primer and clear for many years now. If you ever sand in a staight line with it, you will make "race track" lines (as I call them) every where. I have built some nice "paint sticks" from 1" wide by 1/4" thick ABS plastic and covered one side with 1/16" rubber. The plastic side is for cutting it straight, and the rubber side is for removing the coarser grit sanding scratches. Helps keeps any stay git fom making such a mess on the final sanding.

Scott
 
ACE hardware 1/8" and 1/16" universal red rubber gasket material is nice if you need a slight cushion on your block, and when attached to a flexible pad or closed cell foam it makes a nice surface for contour sanding.
 
Shine: I thought you once said you really like the Durablock,
the one that's about the size of a paint stick.
Wasn't that you?
 
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