T3 - Sanding

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Jon,

Pure genius!

Thanks very much!!

Best.

Horace


At 09:57 AM 2/16/2008, you wrote:
>Today's Tech Tip - Sanding
>
>I'm refinishing a S&S A w/ "Ice Cream Cone" legs. The massive amount of detail
>has prompted me to come up with an easier way to sand. I used to fold up sand
>paper into small bundles to get into tight corners but now have a better way.
>
>PSA sand paper (self-stick) pressed around a sample credit card. (I 
>was getting
>so many card offers with the sample card that I kept the cards for 
>putty but found
>they work well for piling a bunch together for gluing felt or 
>leather onto curved
>surfaces).  It dawned on me to try the PSA paper...Bingo !  No more 
>wasted paper.
>
>I can cut the card to a shape for any contour. Even on the end of a 
>slat for real
>tight flat areas.  Once the grit has been used or clogged at the 
>end, trim it back
>and you're good for another flurry of sanding.  Sanding edges of scroll work
>effortlessly, relatively :-)
>
>These little, two-sided, flexible, sanding paddles make for shorter work
>of detail sanding.  These legs are going to look 'chiseled'.
>I'm a stickler for crisp, clean inside corners.
>
>Can't wait until they need sanding again...
>--
>
>Regards,
>
>Jon Page
>