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Re: Wet Sanding
By:George Cushing
Date: 12/4/2000, 2:17 pm
In Response To: Re: Wet Sanding (Eric Schade (shearwater boats))

: Wet sanding is a nice way to work... while you do get alittle wet, you dont
: have all that dust floating around just a wet mud of sanding dust in
: water.

: it works very well for nearly done boats...not for raw wood. exposing raw
: wood while wet sanding is not good and can make a mess of a nice finish in
: some cases.

: I have used wet sanding techniques with course paper for fairing fiberglass
: layups with good success but take extra care to avoid sanding through to
: wood
Eric, I assume your using some type of paper with a water resitant resin?

Messages In This Thread

Wet Sanding
Don Campbell -- 11/27/2000, 3:09 pm
Re: Wet Sanding
George Cushing -- 12/4/2000, 2:14 pm
Re: Wet Sanding
Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 11/29/2000, 6:43 pm
Re: Wet Sanding
George Cushing -- 12/4/2000, 2:17 pm
Re: Wet Sanding
Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 12/4/2000, 3:18 pm
Re: Wet Sanding
Tracy Neal -- 11/27/2000, 9:29 pm
Re: Wet Sanding *NM*
Tracy Neal -- 11/27/2000, 9:23 pm
Re: Wet Sanding
Lance Alldrin -- 11/27/2000, 4:24 pm
Re: Wet Sanding
James Neely -- 11/27/2000, 5:16 pm
Re: Wet Sanding
Lance Alldrin -- 11/27/2000, 6:20 pm