larry merlau
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sometimes surprises you no matter how much you have done it.. i had a couple of end tables to make and they had a plywood shelf above the drawer..
so after having trouble with today's thin veneered plywood in the past i was trying to be careful in my sanding regime, took and sanded it with a hard padded RO sander at 150 grit and then hand sanded with wooden block with 180 grit.. good to go and ready to stain,, well i almost glued these in place before the staining, and as you can see in the pics below, i am glad i didnt!! the first pic is the underside and the bad side of the plywood. the next 2 are the good side but wasnt.
so now i needed to fix this, either remake or pull some other trick out of the hat i left the shop that evening in a not happy mood.. couldnt sleep and almost got up in the middle of the night to remake them.. but decided against it. came out the next AM and took the worst one and tried a idea out.. and to my great pleasure gave me this return.
and allowed me to achieve this: X 2
Now here is the fix, i took and put on a new 120 grit disc and sanded the plywood tops till all was natural color wood except for the lowest grain, then sanded it with block sander with 150 grit.. stopped and re-stained. Liked what i saw and did the other shelf. tried this on the worst one first!!
so after having trouble with today's thin veneered plywood in the past i was trying to be careful in my sanding regime, took and sanded it with a hard padded RO sander at 150 grit and then hand sanded with wooden block with 180 grit.. good to go and ready to stain,, well i almost glued these in place before the staining, and as you can see in the pics below, i am glad i didnt!! the first pic is the underside and the bad side of the plywood. the next 2 are the good side but wasnt.
so now i needed to fix this, either remake or pull some other trick out of the hat i left the shop that evening in a not happy mood.. couldnt sleep and almost got up in the middle of the night to remake them.. but decided against it. came out the next AM and took the worst one and tried a idea out.. and to my great pleasure gave me this return.
and allowed me to achieve this: X 2
Now here is the fix, i took and put on a new 120 grit disc and sanded the plywood tops till all was natural color wood except for the lowest grain, then sanded it with block sander with 150 grit.. stopped and re-stained. Liked what i saw and did the other shelf. tried this on the worst one first!!