[DanPonjican]

Does anyone have any experience with Cyclo sanding discs? They have a whole line of sanding discs called Proshine Discs ranging from 4,000 grit up to 12,000 grit.

Now first of all, I never even knew there was such a thing as 12,000 grit discs! Isn't that almost the effective grit as a final polish?

I googled for about an hour looking to see if there are any write-ups or any experiences documented on sanding (wet or dry) with these products but couldn't find anything. Curious if anyone has used their cyclo for sanding.

They are not very expensive at all... might make for an interesting test.

[Nica]

Ooh those discs look interesting but 12,000 grit what's that..but mind you with the weight of th emachine and the speed it has potential just my guess though.

I can't way I've ever used my Cyclo for sanding, I didn't even know they had such discs for the Cyclo. Very interesting though.

I'm curious to see if someone has any experiance with this combo.

[DanPonjican]

I've seen several people use air powered palm DAs for wetsanding, but they seem to have must less of a "throw" than the cyclo. That with the substantial weight of the machine would make it pretty aggressive it would seem. Maybe, that is why all those disc are such a fine grit.

So who's gonna be the guiney pig? Who's ordering them and trying it? LOL

[porta]

I have those discs, the 400 grit was pretty nice for removing scratches. But I sold my cyclo beacuse the lack of power and tourque(IE bad defect removing).

[DanPonjican]

Do you want to sell you discs, or did you sell them with the cyclo?

[Nica]

Originally Posted by porta

I have those discs, the 400 grit was pretty nice for removing scratches. But I sold my cyclo beacuse the lack of power and tourque(IE bad defect removing).

Really you used those discs, now did it behave like wet sanding or more like a true DA at sanding? Did you find it effective, I mean did you have to put lots of pressure or was the weight of the machine good enough to sand orange peal and imperfections?

Hope you don't mind me asking, just curious that's all.

[Anthony]

I was the original guinea pig for the Cyclo sanding system system, it was kinda my idea. While the system does work and is effective it's not for everyone as there is a learning curve....and for some it may be steep!

As mentioned the aggressive nature of the Cyclo may not seem like much when using foam pads but toss a few sanding discs on it and it's a whole new story. So to counter this I started using one orange pad plus a sanding disc instead of 2 sanding discs. This seems to counter or balance out the aggressive nature of the Cyclos pattern.

You'll also want to make sure you have the correct amount of lubrication. It can't be too wet nor too dry. I usually spritz the orange pad and use this as my source of lube for the disc. I also only use the 8000 and 12,000 discs, sometimes the 6000 but hardly ever the 4000.

I did a write up on it over at Autopia some years back so it should come up with a search.

If I get the chance I'll try and do another write up and post it up.

Anthony

[DanPonjican]

Here is Anthony's original write-up

autopia link

[boogiejoe]

What equates to a 12k grit? I think driving would be more abrasive than that.

[The Doctor]

I'd be interested in some wet sanding discs for my Cyclo.