Yea I agree with Bill, Tracy in his sanding belt section gives great advice on how he uses his belts that I have adopted.
Personally I use
50 grit ceramic blaze as my primary hogging belt
120 grit J flex Klingspor for my plunges and to get blade to 120. Next heat treat and
lastly
220 in either Norax or Gator and Im done.
I use a
180 and then a 400 for sharpening, forget the brands but they are cheap aluminum oxide.
CW