[Geoff]

I sanded off the sanding sealer on the front of the cabinet last night:

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I'm pretty happy with the grain filling and smothness of the top, sides, and columns but I think I have too much sanding sealer on it. My plan is to lightly sand those areas down a bit to remove some of the sanding sealer. Not quite all the way down to the wood, but fairly close. As a test I started at the top of the left column:

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And for getting into the corners and nooks and crannies I have been using shish kabob sticks. They work great! The one in the picture is a bit worn so I'll need to start using a new one.

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Also, when I bought my supplies at the Mohawk distributor they sold padded 320 grit sandpaper. They were on a reel and you can just break along the perforations and get the number of pads you need. Only $0.45 a sheet! I've found that these work very well. The one in the picture I cut in half so I could get into smaller areas.

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The plan tonight is to apply grain filler to the front only. If it needs another coat I'll do that tomorrow.

- Geoff