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Well, you might think I am nuts to take a fully finished
case and start to sand it. Not really. I had finished it when it was a straight board so
that the inside corners would be finished. At this point, I am sanding to level out some
of the corners and do some rounding over.
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I went through disks from 36 grit on up to 220.
This is in preparation for the final finishing.
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With the sanding
done and the chest wiped with very lightly moistened paper towels, I use a new foam
applicator to apply Target's Oxford UltraSeal-WB™ Water-Based Shellac Sealer. I didn't know that shellac could be made as a waterborne product. Well it
can. It smells slightly of a shellac smell but is otherwise typical waterborne. It is
recommended as a high grade sealer, so that is how I will use it.
I will apply one coat and come back in an hour to apply a second.
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I do the same with the
drawers. These fronts will be sprayed a gloss coat.
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It is the following day and Andrea is here and ready to take the project to the next
phase.
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Andrea tries my new way to orient the holes in the paper. I placed 3/8"
dowels in two opposing holes which made it possible to locate the sanding disk exactly on
the rubber pad. This allows a smoother orbital motion and less of a chance of
cutting into the sides.
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Andrea is using the two dowels and simply presses
the paper down. And then, of course, removes the dowels.
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Andrea
has found that installing the disks exactly right (using dowels) is way faster than
eyeballing it.
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Andrea
finds that a properly positioned sandpaper disk runs smoother and is therefore easier to
handle plus it doesn't dig into the vertical piece.
Next, Andrea will start to spray on the final gloss coats.
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