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Sanding Down To A Satin Finish


kiko

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Ok, spent an hour giving it a good allover with some 0000 and car wax, is there something im missing?

Starting to look nice and mattish, but there's some very fine scratches now, how do I get rid of that?

I've been scrubbing it along the grain (vertically)... that's the correct way, yes?

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Well, the whole nature of getting a matt finish from a gloss finish is putting (very fine) scratches in it so that light is scattered rather than being cleanly reflected. The only other way to get a matt finish is to either 1) apply no finish to something that's already not glossy or 2) apply a specifically matt finish (which typically can not be leveled or polished as that will make it glossy). However, in my experience, a good waxing should fill the fine scratches left by 0000 steel wool while still retaining the matt appearance. Keep in mind, you'll likely never get rid of 100% of those scratches without bringing the finish back to its original high gloss. Don't know that that explanation helped your problem, but at least it explains the situation.

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just in case it wasn't clear-- you weren't supposed to use the wax. The wool alone would have 'scuffed' up the surface, creating the matte finish. The wax was counter-productive to your goals. :D

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Greg, actually, you can apply wax to a scuffed up finish, and as long as you wipe it off instead of buffing it out, you can cover a lot of the tiny scratches without bringing it back up to a high gloss again. With the wax it's more of a satin look than a matt look, but I actually prefer the waxed scuffed surface over its non-waxed counterpart.

peace,

russ

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Very cool. I did not know that. :D

I've always used the steel-wool scuff, and I can't imagine adding any "finish" (including wax) back to it without ruining the satin feel; however, you've actually tried it and like it, so I should do the same some day. I might discover I like it, too. :D

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