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Sandpaper

You will need to prepare surfaces when you are working with wood. How you prepare various depending what you want to do. The paper comes in various grit specifications i.e very to very smooth.

Sandpaper or glasspaper are names used for a type of coated abrasive that consists of sheets of paper or cloth with abrasive material glued to one face. ... The grit size of sandpaper is usually stated as a number that is inversely related to the particle size.


What is the roughest sandpaper?

For heavy sanding and stripping, you need coarse sandpaper measuring 40- to 60-grit; for smoothing surfaces and removing small imperfections, choose 80- to 120-grit sandpaper.

As you can see, the surface is very abrasive


What is the smoothest sandpaper?

For finishing surfaces smoothly, use a super fine sandpaper with 360- to 600-grit.

This grit size is much smoother

The sandpaper is available for various pieces of equipment or just flat sheet.


Sanding with the gain, or in the same direct as the grain will improve the quality of the finish. If you sand across the grain it will leave scratches on the surface of the material.


The grit sizes can be found on the back of the sandpaper


Get in touch

If you have an old, worn or damaged piece of furniture, then we may be able to repair and allow it to be returned to its original condition. If not, we may also be able to upcycle to create something new and unique from it!

Contact us at paul@never2oldfurniture.co.uk or alternatively you can text us on 07513 216252

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