3M Stikit Gold Abrasives Fret and Finishing Set of 4, 1" Roll
Efficient, durable, and economical! Sized to fit our tools.
Professional grade sandpaper with handy self-adhesive backing. Set of 320, 400, 600 and 800-grit rolls for finishing prep, leveling fretboards and more. Custom-made to fit our Fret/Fingerboard Levelers and StewMac Fretbar Understring Leveler.
Stikit™ abrasives cut like a file, and last longer than regular sandpaper. The sharp aluminum oxide grit is slower to load up with sanding dust, too. Outstanding durability and performance have made Stikit the favorite in our own shops.
- The right width for our Fret/Fingerboard Levelers and StewMac Fretbar Understring Leveler
- Attach to your benchtop for a fast non-slip surface
- Handy for quick custom sanding blocks
- Countless uses in repair shops
- Convenient sets for fretwork/finishing and general woodworking
Stikit papers are supplied in 15-yard rolls (45 feet / 13.71 meters), an economical length for small shops.
Sanding a radius?
Check out our Fret and Finishing Set with a 2-3/4" width, which is the exact fit for our radius sanding tools.
Works on stainless frets, too!
All of our tools are suitable for use on stainless-steel fretwire*. Modern stainless-steel fretwire is known to be harder than the traditional nickel-silver blends, but our own shop experience indicates the wire does not cause premature wear of files or sandpapers.
*Excludes our original Fret Tang Nippers. We recommend our Deluxe Fret Tang Nippers for stainless-steel fretwire.
Can you lower a single high fret with just a fret crowning file?
You generally cannot lower a single high fret using just a standard fret crowning file. A fret crowning file is designed to reshape the top of a fret after it has already been leveled flat. Its job is to round off the flat spot left by the leveling process, not to remove significant height from a fret. Using a crowning file alone on a high fret will mostly round the sides, not lower the overall height. If you attempt to use only a traditional crowning file to lower a high fret, you risk removing material unevenly and potentially making the fret unlevel or misshapen. Again, crowning files are not meant for significant material removal from the top of the fret. Instead, use the Fret Kisser which makes quick work of leveling an individual high fret, saving time by working only on the affected fret.
