^ Bugger.
Cheers.
I'm actually going up to CM for Christmas, though wasn't planning on taking the table with me to be honest.
I'll get stuck in by hand, sanding can't be that difficult.
^ Bugger.
Cheers.
I'm actually going up to CM for Christmas, though wasn't planning on taking the table with me to be honest.
I'll get stuck in by hand, sanding can't be that difficult.
I have overestimated my abilities in the past.
Maybe can buy a sanding bit for the bodgy Makita drill.
^ You can get sanding discs which I have found go well with my Bosch Gardener model.
The problem with sanding discs is that it's very easy to cut too deep with the edges.
Get yerself a proper electric sander. That's the way to go.
Consider either a palm sander or a random orbital sander(ROS). The palm sander has a rectangular pad and the ROS has the round pad. I would lean towards the ROS (I have 4 of them) as the palm sander may give a slightly smoother finish, but they tend to be slow at removing material. ROS come in 125 and 150 mm diameters. 125 mm is the most common size and would be suitable for your table top. If you have a lot of projects in the future, consider a 150mm model as it removes a lot of material much quicker than the 125mm.
Don't buy a battery operated sander, they go through batteries too fast, stick with plug in electric.
Don't use a hand held belt sander, they remove material fast and an inexperienced user will remove too much material, and you will end up with an uneven wavy surface.
To prevent removing too much material, before you start sanding, with a pencil make a cross hatched pattern with about 100mm spacing across the entire surface. Sand in a pattern that is comfortable for you, back and forth across the short length of the table top, or in small squares until the pencil marks disappear and then move on to the next section. Keep the sander moving, never stop in one place to try and remove a dent or a mark. Once the pencil marks are removed through sanding, change the paper to the next grit, redraw the cross hatch pattern and continue until you reach your final grit.
Check with the manufacture of the finish you chose to see what they recommend as the final sanding grit, some will say 220, but there are a few that will say no more than 150 or 180. If they don't say anything then go to 220.
Thanks very much.
This is getting a bit technical for a simple 150x80cm touch up job.
I reckon the next time I'll sand something after this will be when I redo it again in another 5 years time.
I'll give it a few rubs with me Arno Schwarzenegger arms, and if there's an emergency I'll fly Barty down.
Cheers El Barto, I'll pick up the number grits you've recommended next week.
Seeing that our cultural mentor, Johannes Davidovich Sisib Sibowich, hasn't manned up and givin you some Wellness accompanimental ouverture advice, I'll dare to suggest ..Moldau of the great danish composer, Smetana.
Follow the stream from Spring to Donau.
Worth a listen for you and your daughter if you have a decent stereo...and tolerant neighbors
Top marks to Barty , I have a sander seldom used, if you visit I will show you how to use.
It's not rocket science and chapeos from $30 online for amatuer casual use
Helge chose one of my favourite classical pieces and a classic view of the Charles Bridge from the Novvo mesto looking East in Praha/prague
However small correction fo our skilled linguits from Denmark who may "besschappsed" Maersskarssed or jusst Jule wubbly tiddly
1 Smetana was a Czech born in Habsssburg era
2 The River and piece is known in in both English Czech, Slovak and Moravian as Vlatva
3 Moldau is a German word, so while oft known as Moldau by Germans,it'd be like calling the city Prag when it was German majority pre 1848 or San Francisco Old Gold City etc.
4 Donau after which my Dutch sailing companion named his daughter is in English the Danube whose source is Donauseschingen in the Black Forest near Freiburg in Briesgau. flows east to the Black sea at Izmeal/Reni near Odessa/nake Island.
5 The source of the lovely Bohemian river Vlatva which joins Labem and becomes tben Elbe flows to the N Sea from the Bavarian border via Prague then Dresden.
Interestingly its real name origin is lovely Mantua near Venice
Má vlast
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Má_vlast
Vltava contains Smetana's most famous tune. It is an adaptation of the melody La Mantovana, attributed to the Italian Renaissance tenor Giuseppe Cenci
So Luigi Mantovani paints the bigger picture while sanding his Pinocchio nose to fit into Lanna size, hot polser thru your catflap incoming
My threads aren't for off topic trolling, David.
^maligayang pasko to you too, david44! And to everyone too! Hope all is well, no hangovers or high sugar/ blood pressure due to chrimbo!
(that's happy Christmas in Tagalog, if anyone's wondering)
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