My old boss told me to stop sanding past 120 grit on pine trim, and he was right

Ben Hernandez · 2026-10-08T07:55:04.047014+00:00

I was talking to him at the lumber yard last Thursday about a mantel I'm building and he said the extra sanding was just burning through my time and mudding up the grain. Knocked out the whole piece in 2 hours instead of the 5 it took me last month. Anyone else had a finish guy tell them to quit polishing before stain?

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