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A couple of minor wood splints, what's best way to get rid of them?
rdowdy95:
Once I use the wood filler for the little splinter problem I will read up on how to use my sander, and get some very fine sand paper something above 200. Hopefully it will get ridf of those little scratches.
rdowdy95:
Just got home it was 150 the number on the sandpaper. Ah no worries I will get the highest grade to fix the scratches!
DrewKaree:
If you go to Wal-Mart or Home Depot, common grits you'll find now are 200 and 400. If your sander is a round random orbit sander, 400 is about as high as you're likely to find at those places for it, but that should be just fine.
Also, if it's a RANDOM orbit sander (I keep putting it like that, because there ARE things called ORBITAL sanders, which simply sand in the same motion over and over again, you haven't specified if it's a RANDOM orbit sander. If it's not, it's not the proper tool to use. It'll ALWAYS make same-sized circles. The RANDOM orbit sander will make random small orbits and be almost unnoticeable.
Lastly, you shouldn't be pressing on the sander at all. Simply hold the grip to make sure the sander isn't flopping off the piece and use light pressure to move the sander around. The sandpaper should be doing all the work, pressing on it can slow it down to the point where it is counter-productive and makes it harder to remove/blend the swirls from the previous grit.
If you sand up to 400 grit, you'll see that the plywood wasn't as smooth and nice as it could be, but it's also NOT necessary to sand up to 400 grit. Before you get too far into sanding, use some scrap pieces to test your stain at 200 and 400 to see if you even need to go to 400.
rdowdy95:
I just check Drew it is a Randon orbital Sander 5" Ryobi Style.
rdowdy95:
I will do what you say and before work I will get some of the Stain i will be using, and sand paper. Now when I get the sand paper is it going to come in a circle like for the sander, or can I just buy some sheets of sand paper for it?
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