Talk:Coated abrasive

Sand paper
How is this any different than sand paper. Based on what the article says, this is just another article about sand paper. If this is true then why aren't they merged? Wizard191 (talk) 03:38, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * "Sandpaper" is just one narrow form of the vast family of "abrasive grains stuck to a sheet" products. However there's certainly scope for merging. I'm also concerned with the name Coated abrasive itself: for most makers of such things, a "coated" abrasive is one where the sheet is dressed with an additional anti-clogging substance afterwards. Although we could potentially have both a broad and narrow "sandpaper" article at the same time, this isn't the best name to give the broad article. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:19, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * What you are saying makes perfect sense. I just have one question. I haven't encountered (at least that I can remember right now) an "abrasive stuck to a sheet" that isn't called sandpaper. I would appreciate it if you could list a couple of examples so that it makes sense to have a broad and narrow article.
 * In any case, I totally agree that the name must be changed. Wizard191 (talk) 16:21, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Some obvious examples would be those used by powered machines, typically in industry:


 * 5 feet wide fabric belts
 * Velour-backed triangles
 * Multiple flap disks
 * Micro-abrasives smoother than paper
 * You'd be hard-pressed to describe any of these as "sandpaper", even though their common ancestry is obvious. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:43, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok...I see what you are saying. I would call those sandpaper around the shop, but technically they aren't.
 * Upon a little bit of googling it looks like "coated abrasive" is the proper term: http://www.uama.org/Coated101.html. Wizard191 (talk) 17:29, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Added some pic's of assorted coated abrasives. May help differentiate them from regular sand paper. Alister 77 (talk) 23:13, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

merge?
Should this be merged with "Abrasive"? "Bonded abrasive" no longer has its own page. Wilhkar (talk) 22:33, 17 February 2010 (UTC)wilhkar

2021 merge proposal
Support the proposal to merge Emery cloth and Sandpaper to Coated abrasive, given that all of these pages are short and reader would benefit from the broader context. The terms could stay as subheadings where any differences can be explained. I'd extend the proposal to include Emery paper too! Klbrain (talk) 10:21, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose. "Coated abrasive" fails WP:COMMONNAME.  Nobody is going to come looking for this term and are going to be confused when they land at that article.  Having both emery paper and emery cloth does seem redundant and neither are brilliant articles.  Sandpaper is a little better article, as well as being a widely-recognised term, and I'd suggest merging things into that title.  Lithopsian (talk) 16:32, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose, since sandpaper is far different to other types of abrasive papers. 202.169.23.60 (talk) 03:05, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Agree, Wikipedia should be technically correct, not sloppy street argot Timpo (talk) 09:18, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I'd be happy with merging all to Sandpaper, as per WP:COMMONNAME and the suggestion of, having some sections to discuss related concepts like Emery cloth. Any objections? Klbrain (talk) 23:11, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Support the merge suggested by Klbrain. !!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joyous! (talk • contribs) 23:56, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 10:58, 17 December 2022 (UTC)