What is the Difference in the Grits?

People often wonder about the different types of available grit. In this post, we will try to compare types of grits to the different types of sandpaper.

What is the difference in the grits?

Your choices include diamond bits in several different grits, Extra Fine, Fine, Medium, Coarse and Super Coarse. These are all relative terms. How fine is Fine? How coarse is coarse? Most people are familiar with sandpaper so we've compared international standards for diamond tools to common sandpaper grit. The table below compares diamond grit to sandpaper grit:

• Extra Fine diamond grit is comparable to 360 grit sandpaper.
• Fine diamond grit is comparable to 200 grit sandpaper.
• Medium diamond grit is comparable to 120 grit sandpaper.
• Coarse diamond grit is comparable to 95 grit sandpaper.
• Super Coarse diamond grit is comparable to 75 grit sandpaper.

We hope this helps. Most people will not see or notice a significant difference between medium and coarse grit diamond tools. For most applications we recommend that you order the coarser grit.

We hope this helps to clear up any confusion you may have had regarding the different types of grit. We only have three more posts until our tips and hints series!