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What is FilmTek? #short

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This video provides an explanation of the differences between FilmTek (film-backed) and Ekastorm (paper-backed) aluminum oxide abrasives. It highlights their respective advantages and disadvantages, focusing on their performance characteristics like cutting aggressiveness, durability, and suitability for sanding in tight or detailed areas for DIY projects.

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But Sherry, can you talk to our viewers a little bit about what film tech is, and what Aguston is, and I'll probably have some questions for you as you're on explaining what they are. Sure. Sure. So, that's two different. Obviously, they're both the women of Oxide. They are one in film, one in paper. So what's the advantage? What's the disadvantage? Why two different abrasives? Well, one is a little bit more aggressive. So the Aguston tends to cut initially, the cut rate is a little bit better than film tech. Where film tech is better than Aguston is about, when we get into the corners, a lot of times, the sander will actually catch, and it'll hit the corner of the door, and it'll tear. On paper, that's what ends up happening, it tears, right? And also, we'll start to lose green. Where film tech, it's film, so you can't tear it, it'll get in there, and it'll hold its grain, and it'll allow you to get closer into these corners.

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