I have a project that I have just finished sanding. What is the best way to remove the sawdust before finishing it? I seem to remeber reading something recently to stay away from tack cloths as they leave a residue?Thanks.Stacey

I NEVER use tack cloths any longer. A good shop vac with a round brush attachment (I wrap tape around the brush to stiffen them) is what I use. Sometimes I also blow out the pores with a heavy blast of compressed air (with the doors open with cross ventilation so the dust goes bye-bye), followed by the aforementioned vacuum treatment. I use fast drying finishes and have no trouble with dust. Cloths can leave bits of lint. Tack cloths can mess up your finish.DaveStacey wrote:

What is the best way to remove sawdust before finishing?

May 29, 2005 21 Replies

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woodworker88 21 years ago

I finish 90% of my projects with shellac and thus find that a wipedown with denatured alcohol kills two birds with one stone. For those who don't know, denatured alcohol is the solvent in shellac, and thus both removes dust and helps prepare for the finish.

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Larry Jaques 21 years ago

On Mon, 30 May 2005 15:15:06 GMT, the inscrutable "toller" spake:

Yeah, you know: Grand pinanners, upright pinanners, player pinanners, tons of coats of hand-rubbed black lacquer finishes on any kind of pinanner.

P.S: If you still don't grok it, think "piano", silly.

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