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Good discussion on flattening finishing
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In my wood turning, and most other projects, I sand to 180 or 220 and finish with various finishes as needed for the project. All is fine. In turning, I read where some people sand to 1000 or 2000. Yet, almost all sandpaper higher than about 400 or 600 is silicon carbide. That is black and often seems to shear off and get in the pores of the unfinished wood. So, I see a lot more sanding of finishes with wet/dry silicon carbide. I can do that. I have done that with finish, oil, or even paint thinner as the lubricant. My question is what do turners and others mean when they say they sand to 1000 or 2000? Are they sanding the wood to that fine a grit, or at some point are they putting on a finish and sanding the finish? Where is the break point in grit between sanding wood and sanding finish?
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The bathroom make over continues. Mimi picked out the lights she wanted- after I had finished the painting. She picked 2 lights, unfortunately there is only one mounting box/access. I really didn't want to have to cut into the freshly painted wall and mount a retro box, so we settled on an escutcheon plate style mounting piece. Kiln dried Red Oak. Acclimated to shop for approximately 2 weeks. Planed to 3/4". Oil based stain- Varathane- dried for 3 hours. One coat of Minwax gloss poly- dried for 12 hours. Sanded lightly with 220 grit. This is the second application of the same gloss poly. Tiny bubbles and they are not in the wine!! It is fairly warm today- about 80°- and the bubbles formed at the "open" grain ends. I guess there was enough air expansion to create this effect. I'll wait until it is completely dry and see what I can do.
