woodwish
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This sounds like a very simple problem but it is one that it really bothering me. I have been turning some very light colored woods lately into pens, mostly trees lost to Hurricane Ivan that I am making into some special Christmas gifts. There has been some magnolia, willow, plum and others. The problem is when I am sanding, no matter how careful I am, the sandpaper will go slightly over on the bushings. The bushings will leave dark residue on the sandpaper and in turn gets on the wood, staining it to a greyish color. I can sand it off but half the time it slips into the bushing again and I start sanding all over, evenually making the pen too small in diameter it seems. Any solutions for this other than being more careful (which I have tried)? Mostly CSUSA bushings if that matters. I guess it does it on all woods but mostly I use darker woods and it must not show. These are very special gifts and really want the wood to be the right color. Help!