Hand Sanding

Michael J. Spangler

Michael J. Spangler

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boy i'm sick of hand sanding, you work way through the grits, think you got the scratches all out, take it to the buffer to clean it up a ittle and see what it looks like, BANG ...... scratches, any suggestion for checking to see if you got all the grit scratches out between each new grit when hand sanding hollows?? thanks for the suggestions
 
Goddard suggested a trick of magic-marker coating the area to be sanded. As one sands, the marker stays in any deep scratches. I've tried it but only with limited success.

The easiest way for me is to have several lights shining from different directions, mixing fluorescent and incandescent lights. Turn the blade every which way and usually the deeper stuff will show. This presumes you are changing angle on every grit.
 
GrassHoppa!!!! A little dude of your age must have the manual strokes to achieve a mirror finish on that little sucker down to a science. :confused: :confused:
 
The only thing that works for me is to be sure that I change directions on each grit. I try to have a different direction on each grit if I can. Then in between each grit, pick up the knife, clean it, and look at it from all angles.
 
As you can tell from my frustration thread this week end you know I'm not an expert.....

But I found that going to 30X on the belt sander first. Then for hand sanding go straight to the final grit you want is the ticket. Forget that 'up thru the grit stuff' ;). If the bevels are really flat and you change paper very frequently, start at 800 or 2000 or whatever.

Steve
 
Patience. It all gets better with more experience. and, as you know, sand with the grain. Still I have to sometimes go back to courser grits, starting over, until clean. Its just part of the cost of getting it correct.

RL
 
thanks guys, i think i'm going to stick to satin finishes for a while. time to get some bolsters on the beast. i'll post pics later
 
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