Sanding Secrets For Bowl Turners

Distressed sanding and powder sanding

Power sanding and hand sanding

Forever sanding and quick sanding

Dry-wood sanding and wet-wood sanding

Not all abrasive paper is created equal

Higher-priced abrasives work quicker and more efficiently than cheap ones

A range of abrasive grits from coarse to fine should be used

All of the above

Your bowl is so small that power sanding cannot be accomplished

The power is out

You cannot get your spouse to do it for you

You have cut grooves in your bowl

To fold the paper in quarters

To fold the paper in half

To fold the paper in thirds

Don’t fold paper-backed abrasives

Always at 3,000 RPM—that makes the sanding go quicker

Slower than for turning the bowl, somewhere around 800 RPM or slower

Not a consideration

The lathe should be stopped for all hand sanding

Carefully going through progressively finer grits, ending up with a very fine grit

Cranking up the speed of your lathe so the abrasive particles are thrown out of the wood fibers

Occasionally, slightly moistening the wood to raise the grain, loosening embedded grits

A & C

120-grit

60-grit

220-grit

None of the above

Is caused from excessive sanding

Can be avoided by initially making that area slightly concave to begin with

Can be removed by hand sanding

All of the above

You remove the toolrest before sanding

Wear dust protection mask or air-stream helmet

Wet the wood slightly while sanding to keep sawdust from flying around

None of the above