Sanding & smoothing wood by hand

Wood surfaces can be smoothed or sanded by hand in many different ways. The decisive factor is what the end result should look like and how the wood was processed beforehand.

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Smoothing wood by hand

Smoothing straight and flat surfaces such as boards is very easy with the planer. Most types of wood will already develop a silky sheen when you do this. If you have curved shapes, you can use a scraper blade. Scrapers come in different shapes, so you can easily find the right profile for your woodworking needs. A scraper works like a kind of freely guided plane. With a scraper you can also, for example, remove the typical 'edges' that occur when you have first worked with a carving iron. As with working with a plane, working with a scraper will usually give you a nice, shiny surface straight away without having to resort to an abrasive.

Sanding wood by hand

Of course, you can also sand wood. This is recommended, for example, if you have previously worked on your piece with a rasp or file. You can use normal wood sandpaper for sanding by hand or Velcro sanding systems, e.g. from ABRANET. The advantage of the ABRANET hook-and-loop sanding systems, especially for soft wood, is that you can work with them with little dust and the sanding discs do not clog up so quickly with sanding dust. The use of hand sanding blocks for different types of sanding discs is also very practical: The abrasive does not slip away from you, you have a comfortable grip and can thus work in a relaxed manner without your fingers getting tired quickly. Depending on the type of wood, you can already achieve a very fine sanding result with a 240 to 400 grit.

If you also want to work dust-free by hand, the MIRKA company offers the ROUNDY, a hand sanding block to which an extractor can be connected.

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