Sanding the Door Surface with Orbital Sander

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What happens here

Both sides of the door are sanded thoroughly. The initial stained side, which has been prepped with putty and caulk, is sanded to smooth out the surface and prepare it for primer. The other side, which was previously painted (in a light blue color), also has nicks, dings, and previously caulked areas that are re-caulked and sanded. For flat surfaces, a 3x4 Ekasand orbital sander is used with 320-grit Filmtek abrasives. For contours and profiles around the glass, a 1/2 inch thick, medium-fine Ekasilk sanding sponge is attached to the orbital sander. The goal is to eliminate grain and imperfections, ensuring the paint fills properly.

Goal: Smooth the entire door surface, removing grain, imperfections, and preparing for primer/paint.

Tools and materials

Caulk Gun — Re-caulking previously painted side's seams
Ekasand 3x4 Sander Ekasand — Sanding flat surfaces of the door
Ekasilk 3x4 Sponge — Sanding contours and profiles around glass panels
Filmtek 3x4 Abrasives — Sanding flat areas of the door with the orbital sander

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grade door i've bundled all those nail heads we sanded the door to get this it's really grainy right here and if you just spray this door it's not going to fill in that grain you got to do do something to push in paint into that grain to get it to fill it so we're going to be priming it i'm going to be rolling it with the primer first to fill in that grain we'll sand it and then we'll spray our top coat on it we've got our glass masked off with frog tape because we don't want anything bleeding off onto any paint bleeding onto our clear glass i'll show you the opposite side right here we're prepping this also so this side's already been painted by the customer right here and we've got some nicks and dings we're bundling right here with bondo glazing buddy got it masked off we've caulked this right here it was caulk before but we just re-caulked it to make it look a lot better sanding it getting it ready to spray so we're just going to walk you through going to show you some b-roll footage of this thing turning into a pretty cool door um when it wasn't so cool to begin with so i am doing some sanding of the bond i'm going to show you i've got i'm using my ekasan sander using just half inch sponge sand sanding pad right here it's a medium fine sanding pad to uh sand my contours and profiles on here on this glass what's interesting about this door is it's a hollow core door on the front door so it's not a very well insulated i wouldn't say it's you know a very secure door but it is a 1950s duplex and they did kind of some unusual things back then we're just going with the door because the um homeowner wants to stick with this door that was originally on this house it does have a storm door on the front of it so it does help with insulation but i'll show you flip it back oh actually i'm going to be doing some sanding on the flat parts we're sanding with 320 i'm going to be using some 320 film tech right here sanding my flats [Music] when i get ready to spray this door i am going to be spraying it with a fine finish 310 tip i'll be using a tri-tech tip to spray it on the inside uh all of our trim i'm hand brushing and rolling all the trim to get that you know 1950s uh brush look that's been painted multiple times it's the um trim and door jambs and stuff that's been on this place since the 1950s and so we're using benjamin more advanced to do our hand brushing and rolling we're going to be using the benjamin moore advance to spray this door also [Music] all…

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