I picked up this small round and very ugly throw pillow for cheap at a thrift shop, which I thought I’d use on my shop stool. Among it’s ugly features were a bunch of yarn tassels that I promptly cut off and tossed in the trash.
Thus cushioned I perched on my stool and contemplated the sanding task in front of me, how to better get at the inside surfaces of this deeply undercut piece.
It was at the limits of what I could reach with my fingers and my finger tips weren’t making good uniform contact between the sandpaper and the wood. What I needed was some kind of sanding block or sponge that would conform to the curvature….
Hmm... What I needed was something I’d just thrown away.
A tassel was the perfect size to fold up in a 3” disk like a mini taco (or do you see a cannoli?). It worked great. It was easy to grasp, did a nice job reaching the bottom of the cove and evenly distributed the surface of the abrasive.
This trick might be useful in other scenarios, such as sanding a cove molding. I also found it useful to sand the bottom of the inside of the piece, where I was otherwise using the backs of my fingers. The tassel seems just about ideal for this technique, but a loose ball of string or strips of rag balled up might work, too. On the other hand if you wander by some tasseled thing, I won’t tell if a couple of three end up in your pocket.
Thus cushioned I perched on my stool and contemplated the sanding task in front of me, how to better get at the inside surfaces of this deeply undercut piece.
It was at the limits of what I could reach with my fingers and my finger tips weren’t making good uniform contact between the sandpaper and the wood. What I needed was some kind of sanding block or sponge that would conform to the curvature….
Hmm... What I needed was something I’d just thrown away.
A tassel was the perfect size to fold up in a 3” disk like a mini taco (or do you see a cannoli?). It worked great. It was easy to grasp, did a nice job reaching the bottom of the cove and evenly distributed the surface of the abrasive.
This trick might be useful in other scenarios, such as sanding a cove molding. I also found it useful to sand the bottom of the inside of the piece, where I was otherwise using the backs of my fingers. The tassel seems just about ideal for this technique, but a loose ball of string or strips of rag balled up might work, too. On the other hand if you wander by some tasseled thing, I won’t tell if a couple of three end up in your pocket.
