blakejcan
Well-known member
I always hate wetsanding guitars. I spent months carving it all out, grainfill, paint, wait for it to cure and then you're all excited and get to the end and you go to wetsand it and without fail I manage to almost always burn through the color somewhere. And if I don't do that then I almost always have some microscratches left behind when you look up close. It's just a sucky process.
I've tried using wetsanding pads on a buffer, layering up the clearcoat like crazy, slowly slowly working through every grade of micromesh. It all sucks.
I just used these new dry sanding finishing sheets and so far, holy turds I love them. Cuts fast, easy to control and because it's dry you can actually see what you are doing and where you are cutting away finish. Levels quickly and evenly. When the sheets get a little clogged you just blow them out, vacuum them quickly or even just wipe the crud on a towel and you're back in business. No water everywhere. No water seeping under the edges of the nitro and making things crack. If any of you dorks hate sanding like I do I suggest you at least try it out.
https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-too...buffing-and-polishing/eagle-abrasives-sheets/
I've tried using wetsanding pads on a buffer, layering up the clearcoat like crazy, slowly slowly working through every grade of micromesh. It all sucks.
I just used these new dry sanding finishing sheets and so far, holy turds I love them. Cuts fast, easy to control and because it's dry you can actually see what you are doing and where you are cutting away finish. Levels quickly and evenly. When the sheets get a little clogged you just blow them out, vacuum them quickly or even just wipe the crud on a towel and you're back in business. No water everywhere. No water seeping under the edges of the nitro and making things crack. If any of you dorks hate sanding like I do I suggest you at least try it out.
https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-too...buffing-and-polishing/eagle-abrasives-sheets/