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Tools, Blocks and Accessories for Collision Repair

Success You Can Hold in Your Hand.

  • Even when you choose the finest abrasive products in collision repair, your success comes down to the how well you use them. This selection of 3M auto repair tools and accessories is a great example of using them well. You’ll find power tools that pack the performance of our heavy metalworking tools into units sized and powered for body repair. 3M disc backup pads, holders, hand pads, sanding blocks, file shoes and more boost effective sanding wet or dry, and help you fully integrate the speed and efficiency of our Hookit™, Stikit™ and Roloc™ attachment. Each solution has been developed to deliver success, right where it belongs – in your hands.

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  • These tools for effective cutting, grinding and sanding are sized specifically for body repair. Each is consistently lightweight, and all capture a range of 3M designs – a slightly slanted head that’s easier on the wrists, precision-balanced motors for reduced vibration, a rotatable housing for versatility in tight spaces – to make your work faster, more efficient and more comfortable.

  • 3M knows the reason why you sand by hand. These sanding blocks, file shoes, interface pads and more have been developed specifically for applying abrasives consistently and intuitively, even in hard-to-reach spaces. Many are available with hook-and-loop backing for 3M™ Hookit™ abrasives, or to accept adhesive-backed Stikit™ abrasives that press on quickly and remove without residue.

  • Encompassing some of our most well-known brands in collision repair – Perfect-It™, Scotch-Brite™ and Roloc™ among them – these backup pads, interface pads, disc holders and disc pad assemblies have been developed to maximize your speed, convenience, cut and control. These accessories for power sanding are available for jobs from grinding and paint stripping to buffing and polishing.


Featured Products

  • Total Automotive Sanding System
    Total Automotive Sanding System

    This complete system does much more than just improve your sanding – it improves your entire shop. It is built around a HEPA-certified mobile dust extractor which attaches directly to a selection of premium power sanding tools. It collects sanding dust as it’s generated, virtually eliminating it from the floors and the air of your shop. A series of connectible containers, shelves, trays and accessories helps you stay organized as well as mobile. The Total Automotive Sanding System is designed for use with 3M™ Cubitron™ II abrasives.

  • 3M builds all the reliability of our heavy metalworking tools into a nimble sander sized specifically for the collision repair shop. This 18” file belt sander features a .65 horsepower motor, excellent for body repair work. The narrow-profile tool weighs just 2 lb. and features a rotatable housing for excellent maneuverability in small spaces such as between door panels. The sander is ideal for use with 3M™ Cubitron™ II file belts on jobs including hem flange removal and surface prep, and in many cases it can even replace a spot weld drill.


Tools, Blocks and Accessories for Collision Repair - Videos

  • 3M File Belt Sander Featured Video - Spot Weld Removal
    Spot Weld Removal

    You’ll see the amazing difference in time and effort removing spot welds with a 3M™ Cubitron™ II File Belt Sander and Cubitron™ II file belt versus a drill and drill bit.

  • Cut-off Wheel Featured Video
    3M Cubitron™ II Roloc™ Disc

    This demo shows the steel bead weld leveling performance of a 3M™ Cubitron™ II Roloc™ 60+ Disc vs. a standard 36 grade disc. Both discs are used on a 3M™ Pistol Grip Sander.

  • Roloc Disc Featured Video-Grinding Weld Beads
    3M™ Cut-off Wheel Tool

    This quick demonstration shows how fast, easy and effective your collision repair metal cutting can be using a 3M™ Cut-off Wheel with the tool designed specifically for it.



  • Important Note
    There are of course many factors and variables that can affect an individual repair, so the technician and repair facility need to evaluate each specific application and repair process, including relevant vehicle, part and OEM guidelines, and determine what is appropriate for that repair.

Need More Information on 3M Tools, Blocks and Accessories?

If you have additional questions about 3M power tools, sanding blocks and pads, the Total Automotive Sanding System or anything related to collision repair, we’re happy to help. To contact us, or to view more information about 3M™ Collision Repair products and solutions, click to the right. We look forward to working with you!

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