The Derby Monkey Basic Pinewood Derby Axle Polishing Sandpaper Variety Pack is designed to polish your Pinewood Derby car axles to a super smooth finish. The kit consists of a total of six 4½" x 3½" sheets of sandpaper.
Includes one sheet of each of the following grit:
- 400 grit
- 600 grit
- 1200 grit
- 1500 grit
- 2000 grit
- 2500 grit
One set of axle polishing sandpapers is enough to polish about 12 axles.
Instructions:
- Cut each sandpaper into 1/4" strips, 3½" long
- Insert axle in drill and start
- Use a file to remove the crimp marks on the axle head and shaft
- Dip a strip of the 400 grit sandpaper in water
- Apply sandpaper to the spinning axle for 15 seconds
- Polish the portion of the axle on which the wheel will spin
- Polish the inside of the axle head
- Repeat steps 4-7 using the other papers in order
- Repeat the above steps for each axle
For an even better polish, follow the above steps with the Micro-Mesh Variety Pack
You might also consider our Ultimate Axle Polishing System
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