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Shoutout to the old guy at the lumber yard in Tacoma who told me to stop sanding to 220
I always figured going finer on the grit meant a better finish, so I was hitting everything with 220 before stain and wondering why my cherry looked muddy. He told me to knock it off and stop at 150 on raw wood because the stain needs something to grab onto, and I tried it on a set of oak cabinet doors last month. Night and day, the color came out even and deep instead of blotchy. Anyone else ever been told to sand less, and did it actually hold up on maple?
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leebrown10d ago
Oh man, this hits home because I spent years over sanding everything like a dummy and wondering why my stain looked like mud. Stopping at 150 saved my butt on oak too, but maple is a whole different beast, it can blotch no matter what grit you use.
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