What is sandpaper grit?
Sandpaper grit is the courser or smoother a particular sandpaper product might be. For example: the lower the grit, the more course the sandpaper is. The higher the grit, the more smooth the sandpaper is. Sandpaper Types and Grits. Sandpaper is available in sheets, belts, discs, disks, hook and loop, rolls, or adhesive. Sheets, usually come in 9 x 11 size however, many other sizes may be available. Belts can come in many different sizes, as they can be used for portable belt sanders, or they can be used for industrial sanding machines. Sandpaper disks are usually made to fit different types of orbital sanders. Common sizes for sanding discs (disks) are 3″ 5″ 6″ or even 8″. Discs usually come with adhesive, plain, or hook and loop backs. Adhesive back sandpaper discs are for the orbital sanders which require adhesive sandpaper. Hook and Loop is for the sanders which require the velco back sandpaper. Rolls usually come in adhesive backs and are simply rolled up in a roll so that they can
