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GeoMuller | 08:43 Mon 15th Sep 2014 | Home & Garden
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Who invented carpenters sandpaper? What was used to sand wood before?
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The first recorded instance of sandpaper was in 13th-century China when crushed shells, seeds, and sand were bonded to parchment using natural gum. Shark skin was also used as a sandpaper. The rough scales of the living fossil Coelacanth are used by the natives of Comoros as sandpaper.[2] Boiled and dried, the rough horsetail is used in Japan as a...
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They used to keep cats and get them to lick the wood.
10:20 Mon 15th Sep 2014
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No. Just saw an opportunity for a jest. Wasn't overly fussed about sand paper history.
12:23 Mon 15th Sep 2014
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Tsk, great minds and all that.
12:23 Mon 15th Sep 2014
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