Wet Sanding Clear Coat: Soak Time That Works Saturday morning in the shop, coffee steaming on the bench, the hood you painted last weekend stares back with a stubborn peel and a couple of dust nibs. There’s a bucket by your boots and a …
Resin Polishing: Clean Pads, Zero Micro Marring I’ve watched the same scene a hundred times: you finish a long day of shaping, sanding, and dialing in the gloss. The shop is quiet, the floor swept, your coffee cold. You swing the work light …
Avoid Edge Burn-Through with Wet Dry Sandpaper Saturday light pools across the driveway. Your project—clear coat mottled with orange peel and a few dust nibs—waits patiently. You’ve gathered your bucket, a soft block, and a stack of wet dry …
Best grits for leveling primer with psa sanding discs Saturday mornings in my garage start with coffee, a quiet radio, and a panel that still holds a map of yesterday’s imperfections. The primer is flat gray, but under a raking light you …
Denibbing Mastery with Ultra Fine Sanding Sponge The shop was quiet except for the gentle hum of the dust extractor and the tick of cooling lights. I’d just laid the final coat on a black cabinet door—high-gloss lacquer, deep and …
Finish Micro Marring and Haze with Polishing Sandpaper It’s 9 p.m., the shop lights are humming, and the panel you’ve been nursing all day looks perfect—until you hit it with a tight, cool LED beam. There it is: a faint cloudy halo that …
Between Coats Sanding with Tack Cloth and Vacuum The first time I cared about finish quality was on a cold Saturday, kneeling on a drop cloth, cradling a cabinet door that looked perfect—until light from the window slid across it. That …
Plastic Oxidation Removal: Coating vs. Surface Oxide Saturday morning in the shop, coffee ring on the bench, you wipe a thumb across a chalky ATV fender and it ghosts your finger white. Ten feet away, the headlight lens on your daily driver …
2000–3000 Grit Wet Sanding: When to Choose 2000 vs 3000 On a clear autumn morning I watched a black coupe roll into our test bay, its hood shimmering in early light—beautiful from five meters, troubling at fifty centimeters. The owner had …
Cross-grain scratch removal: find flaws before finish It’s late in the day, and the shop is quiet enough to hear your own breath. You’ve planed, scraped, and sanded a walnut tabletop into a silky plane that reflects light like calm water. …