Such thing as an angle grinder roloc?

[Ben LeBlanc]

I have recently discovered the roloc; long time coming, but the finish left is great! Basically polished out my brake pedals over the weekend: (red)


Anywho, as I burn through a ton of these things, I have to ask: what is the closest to it for an angle grinder? I have used 80 grit and 120 grit on the angle grinder but the finish left by the roloc is great, and I want to emulate it on a larger surface. So, what do you all use?


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[rlitman]

Roloc is a method of attachment, not a particular pad.
The equivalent for an angle grinder would be a wheel with a threaded hub.

But I think you're talking about some kind of abrasive pad. Scotchbrite perhaps? Yes, scotchbrite pads are available in all sizes.

 

[Bobcat753]

These should be a good substitute. You don't need a backing pad with them either. They are woven like the roloc you used.
http://www.lehighvalleyabrasives.co...ine-grit-maroon-pearl-abrasives-nw45mf-nw45mf

 

[dogdog]

I have used one of these before on rusted surfaces they worked great, just don't last as long as I wanted it to.

http://www.lehighvalleyabrasives.co...clean-strip-disc-blue-extra-coarse-cs4-5-xcrs

 

[Robbie UK]

Do you mean the scotch brite roloc pads?

If so then you can use them on an angle grinder. On my bench below you can see a blue (fine) roloc scotch brite pad fitted to my grinder:

They make short work of cleaning corrosion off steel and aluminium components. The same parts once whizzed over:

 

[Wamsutta]

The answer to your question Ben is yes, they make Roloc discs to fit angle grinders. I'm assuming you mean a common 4 inch angle grinder. 3M makes them and they're real simple:

All you do is thread the backup pad to your angle grinder and then thread the Roloc disc to the backup pad; that's it! The backup pads come in different female thread sizes depending on which grinder you have (5/8''-11 most common) and they also come in different firmnesses. The Roloc disc would be the type TR and the material is their Scotch-Brite surface conditioning discs. Let me know if you need any help with the part numbers and sources to purchase them from.

 

[frakas]

scotchbrite pads are available for bench grinders check enco or msc I believe they're called deburring wheels