Sanding Wood with a Porter Cable DA Polisher

[Mike Phillips]

Sanding Wood with a Porter Cable DA Polisher



Before
It's on end in this picture but I think it's standing about 7' tall.





A few years ago I was given a very large desk that I really like except it has some bad stains in the wood.





So to try to salvage the finish I sanded it down using my Porter Cable DA Polisher as it was originally intended to be used and that's as a wood sander.






I taped-off and sanded the desk using #220 grit discs using my Porter Cable DA Polisher. This took all the work out of it as compared to sanding by hand. There were some pretty bad stains in one area that I couldn't sand all the way out.








2-Coats of MINWAX Red Mahogany 225

[rmagnus]

Thats some serious work. Cars are way easier, lol. I wouldn't have thought 220 grit would be enough for those stains. Very nice work. Has anyone ever said you have real talent?

[SR99]

I wouldn't have thought 220 grit would be enough for those stains.

He was probably practicing the "least aggressive" approach since the top is probably veneered. Just like clear coat, you can sand thru the face veneer, and just like clear coat you seldom know how thick the veneer is. Some mills are peeling thinner than 1mm veneers from logs these days.

[Anthony@zerboautoworks]

I used to have one of those older desks in the office, let me tell you Mike that desk had some serious weight for a desk.

[tomldavies]

Thanks. I was wondering if this was possible. Clearly it is.

[mwoolfso]

I stand corrected. :-)

[Boudin]

So when are you going to polish the wood with some M205?

[zmanjohn]

Mike, is there anything you can't do? Now for the polish.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Nice work Mike.

[RTexasF]

Mike,
Your woodwork looks great and shows folks what this machine was designed for in the first place.

I also used mine for its original purpose about 12 years back. It worked wonderfully with the supplied sanding pad that came with the old PC 7336.
In short, foundation shifted and doors would not close properly. The PC and that single pad took care of all solid doors. I was amazed how little effort it took, how much dust it made, and how well the doors closed afterwards.