Beginner Sanding Mistakes | How to Sand
Beginner Sanding Mistakes | How to Sand
Sanding… the most boring but easiest part of woodworking? Well, kinda. It’s not HARD, but there’s definitely some skill to sand correctly – and if you mess it up you’ll definitely see it later! Fortunately, there’s not much to keep in mind and this video will get you sanding like a pro in no time if you want to learn how to sand right!
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"look at me, I’m erect!" 😂
I’m a beginner, so I have a lot to learn and no one to show me. Thanks for the help. I need a lot more.
This is the most useful video I have watched.
Lol…my daughter keeps rewinding the video just so she can hear you say, "check, check, check, checkity, check, check" over and over and over again! Y’all both getting on my nerves now!! Lol😊
WOW, I’ve only worked on a sanding project once before and didn’t like my results. I came across a BEAUTIFUL wood kitchen that needs a restore. I decided to watch some videos beforehand this time. The way you said, NOT to sand😂😂 …. I was doing all of those techniques my first time. I was as my grandma would call it, putting “Elbow grease” into my sanding. Thank you for the wonderful information and thank you for saving my table!
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Hey! Love this video and thanks, learned so much as a complete beginner. We just got an oak dining room table, extendable and the middle extension piece hasn’t been used. I’ve done 1 sand coat on it. Would the aim be, keep sanding it all down so it looks the same, then go up a grit?
When you’ve finished on say 220 grit, do you then apply a finish? I saw a danish oil and beeswax.
Any tips if that’s the correct route for this first project would be super! 🙂
Man, Caleb I wish you could, come talk to the people I work for!! Lol.
I work in a cabinet shop, 85 – 90% of everything we do, is by hand! So they use pneumatic sanders without dust collection, which is crazy. I mean since we just set up a Gorilla Pro dust extractor.. Anyhow, they just want me to stand super fast. And only use 120 if the face frames are getting stained, and 150 if they are getting painted! Sanding is something I have liked somewhat, almost enjoyed. But now has become so stressful! Just from being rushed all the time! So I’ve got to forget everything I’ve learned over the past 6+ years.
Also I understand that It’s all fairly new to me. Working in a production woodshop environment, that is. It’s just hard, because I’m a perfectionist. For me, everything has to be perfect! And I think that someone that way can pick up speed as they learn and all that. But someone who, half-ashs everything is harder to fix! But anyhow I digress! Great video. Take care man.
Couldn’t look at anything else than you middle handplane in your plane till 😅
Thanks for the great video! 🙂
1:44 😂😂 oh how I wish I watched this a week ago ! I thought I was doing so well sanding my cedar garage door – except turns out I’m now scared to move to the next stage. I ground the cr@p out of some damaged bits thinking I would just sand it down – now I have a couple of scorch marks staring at me – I just know they are going to be screaming and waving once I stain or put some kind of treatment on…starting to suspect I am a sanding lunatic !🤦♀
I’m erect…you can feel me?
I must be deranged because I enjoy sanding 🤣
great
ANswered many of my questions. Thank you. Well done with humour. I like that.
15:35 "Check me out, I’m erect" jump cutting to "and you can feel me" got me to laugh-choke on my drink 🙂 Oh, and naturally – great tips!
Very helpful video, thanks a lot!
Did this man just tell me to moisten wood, to cause an erection!😂
Thank you this was very helpful to a newb like myself
I don’t understand how to tell if the 80 grit scratches are all gone before moving on to 120 and seeing if they are all gone before moving up. I mean if all the scratches are gone we’re done. Or if the 80 grit scratches are sanded enough then they become 120 grit scratches so why sand them with 120 when the new 120 scratches are going to go away with 180? Huh?
Maybe you could cover how to avoid curving the corners or edges of a workpiece with an orbital sander.
I’m preparing a solid oak bed frame that has a honey looking finish. I’m hoping to get a high gloss finish from applying a walnut dye. I don’t know how to continue once I feel like the wood is ready for the first application of dye. I intend to put a final coat of polyurethane, or lacquer, but I’m confused about applying a sealer to the wood. What, why, and when do I need to do this. I would greatly appreciate any advice on the subject.
Great channel and content. New viewer from the UK.
Fantastic video!! Game change for me!!! I wish I watched this BEFORE I started my sanding…lol.
Loving this series, as someone who’s thinking about turning this hobby into a part-time trade
Oh you are lovely
Great video. As a new person to the sanding world how about preparing veneers? Should I start with a 150?180?220?
As a woodworking noob (refinishing my table) this is very helpful advice. Thank you!
Unfortunately you didn’t talk about sanding the edges of the dimension lumber you were working with. That’s where I usually make mistakes. I find it difficult to keep the edge flat as I’m sanding with a random orbital sander.
The editing in the video is really nice. (The content is also worth it 😉
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
Thanks for the tips! I laughed a lot 😀 Looking forward to more of your videos ✌️
Just got my hands on my first orbital sander so found your video just at the right time! My summer project is to refinish our redwood deck using penetrating type of wood finish. Planning to smooth out the weathered top railings with the sander (will use 80, 120, 180), as part of prep I was planning to power wash the entire deck floor and spindles – what is the right sequence? sand then powerwash or vice versa? (I dont intend to direclty power wash the top railings after I’ve sanded but the "check me out, I’m erect" part of your video got me concerned)
If it’s a lot of sanding, could you just use a bench scraper instead to reduce the amount of sanding you need to do?
You’re so easy to listen to! Thanks! I’ve learned from you!
Great tips and as usual great editing and humor!
1:27 Since they sponsor you, why dont you sponsor me & send me your sander & sand paper so i gots a decent one? What’s u say 2 that 1? 4:17 Thats why i use one paper to take care of the gunky stuff & then another one to do the actual touch ups & sanding.
LOL @2:37 I got my music track ready to sand today at a relaxing speed while nostalgically glancing in the distance periodically 🤔🤣
What do u consider a premium sander? There’s 3 I can think of including the newer 3M and Festool and other one I can’t think of name lol but u mean one of those in the $500 plus range?
Oh my god. The starting bad technique was ALL ME!!! Thank you.
Love your humor
"Hey check me out! I’m erect, and you can feel me!" That was funny as hell. 😂 Perhaps there lies the controversy. And that part with the deranged psychopath at the beginning… My kind of humor. And great advices, ofcourse. Going to see next one straight away…
Jesus Christ is this a comedy channel or a video about sanding? I’m 2 minutes in and the e video just started
Sometimes, I think the algorithm reads our minds… today I made all mistakes presented in the vjdeo! So thanks for this sanding 101 class.. lol
Good straight forward sanding tips
What about veneer panels
Very informative.
Thank you
Hello ! I saw you using surf prep , haven’t not seen no video out there explaining when or why to use yellow vs blue/green surf prep sand paper
80, 150, 220 FTW!
Exactly what I needed!
Thanks this was a great video. I needed the information.
The music really sets the tone for all your dad jokes 🤣😂