Feather edging paint on siding?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:54 pm
Happy Thanksgiving, wavy glass gang!
I know the subject of feathering paint edges comes up peripherally in other threads, but I wanted to address it more specifically here. The most common suggestion is using a dual action sander, and I have a Bosch DA sander which I have used with velcro attaching 40 grit paper, which is the coarsest grit DA sandpaper I could find at Lowe's. I really don't get a good feathered edge that blends and hides the paint edge well. I recently tried a pressure sensitive adhesive sanding disc attachment (24 grit) for my hand drill and had great success with knocking down the paint edge. The only trick to it to avoid the swirl marks was to make sure I was using the 12 o'clock edge of the desk so that the sand and grit was essentially moving horizontally across my siding board. this eliminated the swirl marks and made sure that the striations in the paint were horizontal, making it easier to smooth them all down with the finer grit sandpaper up and not be noticeable.
So that's where I am right now in trying to improve my feather edging skills. Do y'all have any suggestions that you found work well in feathering out a sharp paint edge?
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I know the subject of feathering paint edges comes up peripherally in other threads, but I wanted to address it more specifically here. The most common suggestion is using a dual action sander, and I have a Bosch DA sander which I have used with velcro attaching 40 grit paper, which is the coarsest grit DA sandpaper I could find at Lowe's. I really don't get a good feathered edge that blends and hides the paint edge well. I recently tried a pressure sensitive adhesive sanding disc attachment (24 grit) for my hand drill and had great success with knocking down the paint edge. The only trick to it to avoid the swirl marks was to make sure I was using the 12 o'clock edge of the desk so that the sand and grit was essentially moving horizontally across my siding board. this eliminated the swirl marks and made sure that the striations in the paint were horizontal, making it easier to smooth them all down with the finer grit sandpaper up and not be noticeable.
So that's where I am right now in trying to improve my feather edging skills. Do y'all have any suggestions that you found work well in feathering out a sharp paint edge?
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