What To Do After Sanding Wood Before Painting

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What to do after sanding wood before painting. Wood dust from sanding will cause problems if its not removed from the surface before staining. Henceforth when we speak of sanding bear in mind the iron rule. Always Remove Dust After Sanding.

Even better is vacuuming every surface and crevice of your project with a shop vacuum fitted with a good quality filter designed to trap the microscopic dust. Use the high pressure carefully especially around windows. While blowing the dust off with compressed air removes the dust it also mixes it into the air so some of it can settle back onto the surface and so you can breath it.

Secondly throw on some gloves because you dont want mineral spirits and paint stripper residue all over your hands. This is usually a dust-like material. You will need a hand brush to clean the dust.

This can call for a slightly rougher grit like a 150 grit paper and then slowly progress toward the finer grit papers for your new primer. It takes four steps to sand wood to perfection. Start sanding using coarser sandpaper to get rid of hard-to-eliminate flaws on the surface on the spot.

Before doing anything else with your woodwork rub a tack cloth over the entire surface of the wood to remove the dust and residue. Sanding the first paint coat brings down bumps and inconsistencies introduced by the roller or brush. High-pressure water can break the glass.

Using 220-grit sandpaper sand gently by hand or attach the paper to the orbital sander and run it extremely lightly across the surface. Wipe the folded tack cloth across the wood to remove dust. For example your garage workshop or even outside.