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Re: Strip: Best sanding practices
By:Dan Caouette (CSFW)
Date: 2/27/2012, 11:55 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Best sanding practices (Mike Bielski)

: You can't get a good finish without hand sanding. I like sanding,
: and having experience professionally spraying- it's all in the
: prep work. Long and flat surfaces look really bad to me when
: they're wavy, but I suppose if you do a crappy varnish job it
: doesn't matter (not saying you do a crappy varnish job) because
: you'll never notice. It won't reflect enough light to show up.
: If you're spraying a very expensive 3-part catalyzed finished it
: doesn't make sense not to do top-notch prep work.

Agree completely. I personally swear by my old hand-made long-board, especially on a painted boat. A high-gloss, painted surface will show EVERY defect. It's amazing what you can get away when one uses just varnish.

For the base wood surface I start with P60 on a ROS and then spend a few minutes with a long board. I then repeat with 80 and 120. Then I glass. After glassing I repeat and work up through P320 (for sprayed finishes, clear and colored).

BTW: For general woodworking I always raise the grain with water before applying a water-borne finish. With the canoes/kayaks that use epoxy there is very little need to raise the grain (save for closing staple holes). I have not seen any advantage to wetting the wooden surface between grits. None. It just seems to suck up valuable time.

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Strip: Best sanding practices
Robert l -- 2/24/2012, 12:03 am
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Jon Mortimer -- 2/24/2012, 6:39 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/24/2012, 9:13 am
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Etienne Muller -- 2/24/2012, 7:07 am
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Eric Mattison -- 2/24/2012, 7:26 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/25/2012, 2:20 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/25/2012, 9:21 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/25/2012, 12:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/26/2012, 1:10 am
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Etienne Muller -- 2/26/2012, 6:05 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/26/2012, 8:58 am
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ancient kayaker -- 2/26/2012, 12:46 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 2/26/2012, 1:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/27/2012, 2:05 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/27/2012, 10:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2012, 1:37 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/28/2012, 1:47 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 2/28/2012, 1:51 pm
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Justin -- 2/29/2012, 5:29 am
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Kirk Fredericks -- 2/29/2012, 5:22 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 2/27/2012, 11:16 pm
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dave g -- 2/28/2012, 12:42 am
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ancient kayaker -- 2/28/2012, 10:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2012, 1:40 am
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george jung -- 2/28/2012, 12:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/29/2012, 1:48 am
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John Abercrombie -- 2/28/2012, 3:48 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/27/2012, 11:08 am
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John Abercrombie -- 2/27/2012, 1:03 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/28/2012, 4:15 pm
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dave g -- 2/27/2012, 10:41 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 2/27/2012, 11:55 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/27/2012, 7:56 pm
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dave g -- 2/27/2012, 10:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/27/2012, 2:02 am
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 2/27/2012, 11:56 am
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Ian Johnson -- 2/26/2012, 6:37 pm