Sanding the Wood to Refinish a Door Jamb: Part 4

Video Transcript

"In this segment, we're going to cover "Sanding the Door Part 4", which is actually the first part of our "Finish Sanding". So, some of you may be wondering why we're doing all this sanding. Each time we lay down a layer of paint and we lightly sand, we're taking down the impurities and we're slowly building up the layers. As we knock off the impurities, we end up with a real solid, smooth, even base of paint which leaves a real nice, smooth, even finish. So, after we apply the first base coat of color and another light sanding and then the finish color, what we'll end up with is a real fine even coat. And that's our goal. And that's why we lightly sand in between, that just like knocks down the impurities on the top of the paint and it gives a good, smooth base. So, each time we lay a coat over, we're feeling more of the impurities until we have a smooth, solid, steady base and that's where you get your smooth finish that we're trying to achieve. So, we've been over to sanding a few times already. In this phase we're down to--we're using a 220-grit, real fine sandpaper, and we just want to lightly go over everything on the door, knocking down the top. If you see a drip of paint, you might want to put a little extra effort in that area right there and just sand it off. Basically, we're just trying to lightly knock down the top. We don't want to over sand and sand the paint off that we just put on. We just want to take the top impurities out, imperfection. And one of the things I've noticed, that you should be able to do the entire jamb with one sheet of sandpaper. If you find the sandpaper is clogging up, you're probably doing too much sanding or you didn't get it smooth enough to begin with, maybe it requires that to get it to a smooth state. So, just a little kind of helpful hint that can help you regulate what you're doing. Okay. Now that we finished our sanding of the initial coat of the finish sand, we're ready for the first coat of our base paint. So, please watch our next segment and I'm going to give some tips on preparing the paint prior to painting."