Talk:Sandpaper

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[edit] Title

Would "Abrasive paper" be a more correct title for this article. It gets a similar number of hits on google and is the generic term. Sandpaper refers to abrasive paper that uses sand as the grit although many people use it as the generic term.Zarboki 10:50, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Coated abrasives is even more generic and is the term used by the industry, and you could argued that sanding belts that use cloth as a backing are not paper. Actually, if you do a google search on "abrasive paper" as a phrase (with the quotes), you only get 84,000 hits compared to 2.3 million for sandpaper. Most of the 2 million hits on abrasive paper (without quotes) have the words "abrasive" and "paper" at different places on the page rather than together. Cheers. Luigizanasi 17:45, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm in favor of sticking with the most commonly used term, whether technically correct or not. Other terms can be covered with redirects. StuRat 17:50, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "ceramic aluminum oxide"

I thought regular Al2O3 was a ceramimc.

[edit] History

Exactly what was patented in USA in 1834? Sandpaper/glasspaper was being produced before then. Might this refer to a new process or adhesive? Have also added note on Oakey in UK. Ephebi 17:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I fixed it, it apparently was a process for making it (based on the Isaac Fischer article.)Luigizanasi 00:41, 28 November 2006 (UTC)