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Everyone talks about how to acheive a nice even, consistent finish on solid surface. Let’s assume we could all get the same high quality finish and price was no object.
What sanding steps would you suggest?
For everyday jobs. 60 Micron on the festool for scratches, 60 micron then maroon on the Gem then white to clean. Get it to the job. Of course on dark colors we go to 30 micron then gray scotchbrite.
For custom jobs that are to be high polished, we use the above then go to 15 micron then use Dani’s system. Never had a complaint yet.
The above steps are easy for the shop guys to remember plus get a uniform finish everytime. In reality it does also keep the cost down because the GEM paper and scothcbrite last a while.
John
John,
I sand the same as you except all my sanding is done wet and on a satin finish I stopped using the gray scotch-brite about 5 years ago. I now use maroon scotch-brite wet and a powered cleanser like comet or ajax. I have found it does a better job on blending the top on a satin finish than just using the gray scotch-brite.
Dani
Dani,
I will keep that in mind next time we have a hard time finishing a darker color. We only wet sand the 15 and 30 mic steps on polished colors.
Dani, You’re right about the wet sanding technique. It does work great. The only issue I have and have seen is what it does to the shops electric tools. But it sure keeps the dust down.
Wes,
You are right about the water and that is the biggest mistake most fabricators make. They use way to much water. I use a trigger squirt bottle to squirt water into the holes of the pad, just enough to keep the sanding disc from gumming up. Then I use a window squeegee and a square bucket to squeegee off the deck. It takes less than a quart of water to do over 30 sq ft. of material. I use both electric and air tools for sanding and have never had a problem with any of my electric tools in the past 15 years.
Dani
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