angboy
Member
I've struggled for years with my CA finish and often find that when I sand after applying the CA, I end up basically sanding off too much of the CA and don't have a finish left on the whole pen. Well recently I had this thought- since what I'm trying to sand off is ridges running around the pen, why not sand the other way, so that I'm actually sanding on the high points. So the last pen I did, I sanded by hand, with the pen still on the lathe but the lathe not on, and just using the sandpaper going from one bushing end to the other, if that makes sense. It seems to have worked, on this pen at least, I like how it came out, and there's still that CA gloss there. I'm wondering if other people do it this way or if people think there might be any issues with this?