Sanding a Wood Deck by Expert Village

Okay, we're still on the drum sander and we're down to the part of doing the finished sanding. I usually use 100 or 120 grit which is just fine on this it does it very quickly. It doesn't take as much as taking off the stain. As you can tell we already... Read More »

Hand-Rubbing Clear-Coat Wood Finish by Expert Village

In this clip we're going to talk about rubbing out a clear-coat finish on stained wood. Here we have two very different finishes on one piece of clear-coated birch plywood. As you can see this end has got a sheen to it, a low luster, whereas this side is... Read More »

Sanding Wood Sealer by Expert Village

All right, now that we have the sealer dry, a nice barrier coat on there, it's surface is still a little rough and smooth, because it tends to raise the grain a little bit. So what we are going to do now is our first sanding is a 240 grit paper and a... Read More »

Raised Grain When Staining Wood by Expert Village

In this clip we're going to talk about raised grain, which is a phenomenon your going to have to deal with with you, when you're staining wood. Basically when you apply moisture to the surface of a piece of wood, the grains at the surface of the wood are... Read More »

Sanding Wood Furniture by Expert Village

Sanding is probably one of your most important factors in woodworking because how its finish sanded is what's going to happen when it gets in that finishing area when you start putting that finish on. So we start out with, for instance like if you're... Read More »