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Sand Flat Surfaces with Power Sander

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Sanding and Painting Stained and Lacquered Cabinet Doors

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What happens here

Attach the 10mm closed-cell sanding sponge to your power sander (e.g., an Ekasand 3x4 Sander). Begin sanding the flat, open areas of the cabinet door. Apply consistent, light pressure and move the sander in controlled motions across the surface. The goal is to produce a fine, white powder, indicating that you are successfully creating a 'scratch' on the clear coat without cutting deeply into the wood. This process removes the gloss and creates a surface for the new paint to adhere to. Continuously observe the surface for an even, dull appearance.

Goal: Create a consistent mechanical scratch on flat surfaces of the cabinet door using a power sander.

Tools and materials

  • Ekasand 3x4 Sander Ekasand — Power sanding flat surfaces of the cabinet door
  • Ekasand Plus 10mm Sanding Sponge — Attaching to the power sander for consistent abrasion
  • Lacquered Cabinet Door — The surface being sanded

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the grain right [Music] all right so you can see the amount of powder that this leaves and that's what we're looking for was that all we want to do is we just want to take off that clear coat right and give it a nice scratch that'll actually fill in really nice so we didn't we didn't like cut all the way through the clear coat we just kind of scratched the top of it right so if you start over sanding um you're going to start cutting through that into the wood and we don't need to do that right and you're also gonna you know you're gonna you don't wanna the least amount you cut through on these edges and and into your your stain the better it is because that's going to show up in your paint right and so you

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