Abrasive Key Component of Abrasive Tools

The coarse cloths or paper, and plastics serve as backings for coated abrasives which have harder materials attached to them. These coarse backings not only provide flexibility for their use, but also makes the grinding sharper. Coated abrasives are used on sanders, which are important tools when it comes to woodworking in which they smoothen surfaces and edges of wooden materials , and metalwork where they assist in removing the sharp edges formed during cutting, in shaping and polishing of metals after their surfaces have been treated or coated with a layer of oxide. It is through the coating method that the abrasive grains are guaranteed to be smoothly polished and will sustain over time abrasion.