good idea .
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When I made myself a small hand sanding block, I discovered that the paper would load up with dust and become useless within a couple of minutes. I glued a thin sheet of some kind of foam rubber I found onto the bottom, which cushioned the paper just a little. After that it worked fine.
Your story reminded me of this. I can’t remember what prompted me to put the cushioning on, but it worked like a charm.
Losing fingers since 1969
I always keep a cleaning stick around and use it quite often. It cuts down on the sandpaper budget quite a bit.
What is a “horse mat”?
Good Idea Kelly. A little suggestion…to save you from having to do this again look into “trace coat” a method Charles Neil uses all the time to find defects in the wood before final finishing.
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Thanks, Jim. Being an old dog and learning new tricks are not mutually exclusive after all.
Interestingly, I abandoned my Festool and 220 and went back to my old reliable quarter sheet sander and the first of the second set of doors did not have the same problem.
Said another way, techniques and equipment need more investigation.