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Quick Tip: Cleaning Clogged Sanding Belts
Jul 27, 2007
Large chunks of latex rubber (called abrasive cleaning sticks) are sold for cleaning clogged sanding belts. Quite by accident, while using my belt sander to sand the end of a piece of an ABS drainage pipe, I discovered something that works better. The ABS cleaned away stubborn lumps the latex rubber couldn’t remove, and left the belt looking new.
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