Polishing Sandpaper: Best Sequence After Wet Sanding Picture this: late Saturday, lights humming in the garage, a quiet radio in the background, and the last sheet of wet/dry in your hand. The clear coat is dead-flat from your final passes, …
Block Sanding Techniques for Dead-Flat Panels The first time you notice the wave is rarely under shop fluorescents. It’s usually on a quiet evening, when the sun sits low and your freshly primed quarter panel mirrors a rippling skyline …
Master Micron Steps with microfinishing film If you’ve ever tried to slice a ripe tomato with a “sharp” knife that snagged and crushed instead of gliding cleanly, you’ve felt the cost of a rough edge. Maybe it was during a weekend project: …
Wool, Foam, or Microfiber Pads with Polishing Sandpaper On a quiet Saturday morning, you tape off the trim, load your polisher, and stare at the paint under bright LEDs. Swirls dance across the clear coat, with a few deeper scratches that …
Boat Sanding: Wet Techniques to Control Marine Dust There’s a particular quiet to the yard before sunrise. The halyards ping, the coffee steams in a chipped thermos, and the hull you’ve been avoiding stands there like a promise you can’t …
Polishing Sandpaper: Erasing 2000-Grit Scratches On a quiet Saturday morning, the garage feels like a studio. The door is up, the sun is low, and the panel you’ve just leveled with 2000-grit wet sanding is a uniform gray haze—deliberate, …
Compounding vs Polishing: Guide to Polishing Sandpaper There’s a moment every craftsperson recognizes: you step into the garage or studio, sunlight cuts across a painted panel or tabletop, and you see everything—swirls you never meant to …