Types of Abrasives

Welcome to Festool Australia's comprehensive guide to abrasive types, your go-to resource for achieving flawless finishes across all sanding applications. Whether you're a professional tradesperson or a DIY enthusiast, Festool offers a modular system of abrasives tailored to specific materials, surfaces, and sanding machines. From the versatile Granat for multi-surface use, to Rubin for woodwork, Saphir for aggressive material removal, and Granat Net for dust-intensive tasks, each abrasive is engineered for durability, precision, and efficiency. With options in discs, sheets, rolls, and delta formats, Festool ensures you get the right grit and backing for every job, delivering superior results with minimal cleanup.

Perfection down to the smallest particle.

Festool abrasives are perfectly tailored to the respective applications, materials and Festool sanding machines. Achieve virtually flawless surfaces with our system.

Your system for superior surfaces.

Our modular system ensures successful results when sanding! Our abrasives and sanding pads are precisely tailored to your sander.

Nothing gets in the way of dust-free working.

Our abrasives and sanding pads with optimum dust extraction and a compatible hole pattern make the hassle of dust accumulating on the sanding area a thing of the past.

Efficient sanding at its best.

The long-lasting performance of our abrasives means they don’t have to be changed as often, giving you more time for productive work

Granat

The all-rounder abrasive

The paper-based abrasive for universal use. Suitable for coarse to extra-fine sanding.

Recommended materials

Paints (including VOC) – Paints – Putty & fillers – Mineral materials – Wooden materials – Metals – Plasterboard

Grit range P40 to P400


Granat Net

Abrasive net for materials that produce a large quantity of dust.

Perfect for materials that produce a large quantity of dust and clean working. Suitable for coarse to fine sanding.

Recommended materials

Paints – Fillers – Gypsum-bonded fillers (particularly ready-made fillers) – Mineral materials – Wood and wooden materials – Plasterboard

Grit range P60 to P1500


Rubin

Sand wood perfectly. 

Ideal for sanding wooden surfaces thanks to the robust paper backing. Suitable for coarse to fine sanding.

Recommended materials

Solid wood – Hardwood – Composite wooden materials – Wooden materials

 

Grit range P40 to P220


Saphir

High material removal capacity with easy application.

The paper-based abrasive for universal use. Suitable for coarse to extra-fine sanding.

Recommended materials

Old paint – Paints – Solid wood – Metals

 

Grit range P24 to P80


Vlies

The specialist for final sanding.

The paper-based abrasive for universal use. Suitable for coarse to extra-fine sanding.

Recommended materials

Oils – Coating – Paints – Metals – Non-ferrous metals – Mineral materials – Plastics

Grit range P40 to P1500