"George" wrote in message
. net...



The long strips work fine, and with the Performax they even give you the
measurements and angles to use. I get mine from Klingspor. Measurements
is why you want to avoid water-based soaking if possible. It will change
the dimensions, where non-polar solvents like mineral spirits generally
won't. Keep a brass-bristle brush on hand to give a bit of extra oomph to
cleaning the burned-in areas after you soften them. You might, if that's
not working, try spot-treating with a saturated solution of water-based
surfactant like TSP or NaMetasilicate to develop slime to remove with the
brush. Avoids most of the problems with cloth backing because the resin
that holds the grit will keep it from getting into the cloth if you don't
soak, but work from the front.

Thank you George.