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Sea-Bean Sanding Kit

Also see the web page for: How to Polish Sea-Beans by Hand Sanding
and
Some examples of sea-beans, before and after sanding.

The Sea-Bean Sanding Kit
can be obtained for $6.00 (contains 2 seahearts) or $7.50 (contains 4 seahearts)

Prices INCLUDE postage to destinations within the continental USA
All proceeds support this website and sea-bean education

2 seahearts ($6.00)
OR
4 seahearts ($7.50)

11 sandpaper grits
2 pieces of each grit,
each piece 4.5 X 2.75 inches
Detailed Instructions
and tips.

Nicely Packaged

Delivered directly
to you!

What you get

Two seahearts ($6.00 option) OR four seahearts ($7.50 option)... Price INCLUDES postage to continental USA!

Seeds are Entada gigas or Entada rheedii, or other species of Entada.
Seeds are suitable for sanding (lacking major flaws) but may or may not be heart-shaped... probably not!

The beans are not perfect; they may have minor ripples or discontinuities in their surface... you'll sand these away!

The beans provided have been hand-selected from the lot... about half the beans examined are unsuitable for sanding.

NOTE: Some beans, although "suitable" for sanding, will require more sanding than others.

11 different grits of sandpaper!!! ...two pieces of each grit (each piece approximately 4.5 X 2.75 inches)

I provide grits: 100, 150, 220, 280, 360, 500, 800, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 of high quality (P-grade) sandpapers. Sanding smooths things by scratching them! (oddly enough) Using the finer grits at the end of the process will leave finer scratches (likely unperceptably small!) and a more highly "polished" surface.

The European (P-grade) sandpaper provided is waterproof (you can wet sand or dry sand) and is coated with silicon carbide abrasive particles. Silicon carbide is black and iridescent, and the grains are shard-shaped. It is harder and sharper than most aluminum oxides, making it the better choice for cutting hard materials; it is used to produce highly polished finishes (see full description on www.Taunton.com)

The quantity of sandpaper provided is sufficient to sand 4 seahearts. Whether you buy 2 or 4 seahearts from me, you get the same amount of sandpaper. If you buy 2 seahearts, you'll have sandpaper to sand two of your own seahearts, or perhaps some other species of hard-shell sea-bean (aka "shinies") like Hamburgers or Starnuts.

Purchasing packages of each of these grits from hardware stores would cost a small fortune!
NOTE: if you'd just like to purchase just the 11 grits of sandpaper, see the Order Form.

Instruction sheet

This two-page document provides a reference on how (with tips to implement and pitfalls to avoid) to hand sand seahearts to an extremely high polish.

How to Order

Email Me! Let me know how many Sea-Bean Sanding Kits you'd like, and how many seahearts
in each sanding kit (2-seaheart kit for $6.00 or 4-seaheart kit for $7.50) and provide your mailing address.
I'll mail the Sea-Bean Sanding Kit(s) that you selected and include an invoice with an address to send a check to.

IF ordering more than one kit, or IF ordering one kit along with other items (books, sandpaper only, etc),
please use the Order Form

Links

Great photos of hand polished (sanded) sea-beans - NOTE: Don't sand your fingers!!!

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