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Initial Sanding of Flat Surfaces

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Flat Sanding cabinet doors. Cabinet Painting 101

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Tools and materials

  • EKASAND 3x4 Sander EKASAND
  • EKASAND Vacuum System EKASAND
  • Filmtek 3x4 Abrasives (220 grit) Filmtek

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so i'm just going to start off standing i got my inspection table i've got a light cast set across here so this is a light you can get these lights from paintlifesupply.com and it's an led light and you know you have to have the proper lighting cast across your surface so you can see all the unevenness you can see anything that's not flat you could if things are in front of the light that's obstructing the light casting across it you just want to set those things aside and out of the way so you can get your light casted across this table and cast it properly i typically have my um my sander next to me close where i can hang a lot of this stuff on and we'll get that over here and show you what it looks like i got a or i'm not a sander but my vacuum my vacuum has a tool um shelf on it that houses all that stuff i do have to after all my sanding is done i got my cup hooks right here that i can screw my cut books in because we always spray hanging but now my table is free from extra obstructions the way this light is i actually mounted my light on a um kind of just a one a one by three piece of trim and the light swivels so you can cast that light you know whatever direction you want to give the right light so you can see all the imperfections you know across your door here i can see a lot of unevenness a lot of eggshelliness across that door and we're going to eliminate that by sanding so i'm starting off i always do my initial sand very first i typically i'm going to use a film tech 220 so this is unita's film tech it's a plastic abrasive three by four abrasive it's going to go on here right onto my sander and i'm going to begin sanding flat i'm going to be very careful when i come to my edges not to get too far over and begin rounding my edge i want it to be flat so i'm not going to come out too far i'm going to come up and over and sand some of the tips with sanding don't put too much pressure just allow the sander to do the work for you i'm just going to just hold it in place it's got a paddle on off and i'm just going to begin doing my sanding now i sanded that right there flat and it happens extremely fast if you have a good sander the um ekasan 3x4 sander is absolutely amazing it sanded that flat eliminated all the egg shelliness also part of making sanding enjoyable is not getting all dusty and dirty having it hooked up to a vacuum system this is a hepa vac system and it keeps a dust free environment when sanding so we're going to continue sanding i'm…

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