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Flat Sanding cabinet doors. Cabinet Painting 101

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For flat surfaces, select a 3x4 sander. For contoured or rounded edges, use half-inch open-cell sponges (for deeper profiles) or 10mm/5mm closed-cell sponges (for shallower profiles and shaker-style doors). The choice between open-cell (soft) and closed-cell (dense) sponges is crucial; closed-cell sponges are recommended for flat surfaces to avoid contouring. Ensure abrasives are hook-and-loop for quick changes. If using inexperienced personnel, an Ekasand Pad Saver can be used to protect the sander's backing pad from wear and tear, though for an 'ultra-flat' finish, direct abrasive contact is preferred.

Goal: Choose the appropriate sander and abrasives based on the surface type and desired outcome, ensuring you have various grits and sponge types for flat surfaces and profiles.

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10mm and 5mm closed-cell sponges Ekasand

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to these cabinet doors there's a lot of ripples in them there's a lot of imperfections in them that you can't see in just regular lighting if i'm looking at it like this i can't really see any of those imperfections the benefits of having an inspection light and an inspection table is you can get that ultra flat finish that um that finish that has no imperfections in it so i can set it on here i can see a lot of surface tension i can see kind of some egg shelliness to that sprayed-on coat that was done before with an hvlp sprayer i want this thing to be absolutely glass and i don't want to have any surface tension i don't want to have any stippling and so to get that to achieve that you have to get it sanded completely flat sanding is extremely important we're going to be using a 3x4 sander this is by far the best sander you can ever use when it comes to cabinet repainting it makes the sanding process actually enjoyable makes it fun it doesn't make it this tedious hard thing to do you can sand profiles you can sand contours i typically have half inch open cell sponges for sanding contours rounded edges i have closed cell sponges 10 millimeter and 5 millimeter for doing any shaker style doors and i have all these abrasives available to me right here on my inspection table and um and it's going to make a quick turn around if i got to switch abrasives they are hook and loop so i can just quickly uh change those if i need to but i want to get a ultra flat finish on

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