Sanding To 12000 Grit

How to sand wood. But not just how to sand wood to 220 grit. Start to finish video showing the transition in sheen by sanding from 100 grit, all the way up to 12,000 grit. And every grit in between. Eventually finishing the slab with Odie’s Oil, a wipe on finish that can be applied to any wood, sanded to any grit.

I don’t use Odie’s oil anymore, check out this out this video of a higher sheen while only sanding to 240

[DragonGateDesign]

Just spent 9 minutes watching a dude Polish his wood and not disappointed at all, looks awesome

[alvindueck]

I'm actually quite impressed. Didn't know we could get 12, 000 grit sandpaper.

Great result. Great work.

[schpeidermann]

People call me crazy for sanding up to 4k grid..haha! Now I definitely go for 12k to try it out!
Your sanding was totally worth it!

[stewartperry]

Though late to the party… I love this look. I make rope fids to 2000 grit and straight up teak oil… only. I do a wet sand starting at 1500 to help prevent ring rise and keep the part cool. I use hard woods of all kinds and get a nice glass finish. Nice work! Made me a new sub.

[sborton]

I always polish my wood projects to a high grit. What I really like is how it brings out the fine details in the wood grain.

[jrmproductions]

Doing a kicka$$ computer desk for my son with rainbow popular. Doing it in 12k because of this video. I'll email you the final product when I'm done. Thanks for all your hard work and teachings

[Okiegirl]

It's beautiful. You mentioned the growth rings; that's my favorite part of the finish. They have a pearlized, silky look.

[Itstheoutputs]

Hey Cam,

I always sand my boxes up to 10, 000 grit. Depending on the wood, I might not even put a finish on them. I just love the feel and smell of wood and I hate the feel of “thick” finishes. So, yeah, it’s worth it.

BTW: I’m about 1/4 of the way through your old vids and I’m lovin it.

[SteveBCCrabb]

I like the natural shine of the 12k polishing. Personally, I think of sanding as bringing the wood's grain detail into focus. This higher you go the clearer the grain patterns!

[VAspeed]

I've polished boxwood to a nice shine with 2000 grit sandpaper, but didnt know you could get any finer than that. Now I'll have to look for some 4000, 8000 and 12000 grit.

[whitewolf]

Wow I like that final look! Many years ago my father told me once that the smoother the surface the smoother your finish will look. He was a painter and did alot of finishing on wood of all types. I am a finish carpenter by trade and pretty much build custom furniture now days. I have not really explored in the finishing level much as I really dont want to set up for it.

[deltazeesolutions]

Mesquite wood is so hard that it takes on this kind of sheen starting at 600 grit. The colors and prismatic effect really start to pop. We take it up to at least 800. People are really losing out on an amazing finish if they don't take it to a higher grit. Thanks for the video.

[Libx]

i don't know if it's a known method, but i learned from my teacher in woodwork that if you make the wood wet and wait a couple of minutes for the fibers in the wood to rise and then use a heatgun to dry it in between the finer grit you will get a silk smooth and very shiny finish :)

[Malicious]

Personally, I like the high grit because I don't know if anyone else noticed, but the contrast of the wood started to really pop around 1500+ grit when it was polishing more than removing material. Some unfinished or very lightly finished pieces could really benefit from that effect, especially dealing with signage.

[robertwalker]

Going to have to try this! I'm an amateur woodworker. I have been following your channel for a while. Ive taken quite a bit of inspiration from your videos. I currently have just the festool ETS 125 REQ. Just this evening, I placed an order for the 150 rotex, the 6" sandpaper systainer³ with interface pad and hard pad. I also ordered the OF 1010 router with the LR32 hole drilling set and 55" hole drilling rail. Hoping to improve my finishing on my projects. Keep up with the awesome work!

[DarrenD]

Amazing!

I remember back when I was in high school - wood shop class I used a (I think it was just a 400 grit) on a rectangular orbital hand-held sander for like 45 minutes and it began to shine like that. I figured the sand particles had begun to break down into smaller pieces (kinda like they had become 800 grit). The wood began to really shine - but I'm sure it was much less than the amount you have at 12k!

Beautiful work, nice logo, great piece!
Thanks for sharing!

[johnsumner]

I just restored my carbon fiber hood so I can really appreciate what you're doing here. Great job.

[garybarchas]

That piece just made made me follower! It will do your office proud! You're right about finishing a table that way but for wall art, it's outstanding.

[mountainlightwoodcraft]

It matters nor what others think of why we choose to do what we do. I've sanded projects to 8k or even 12k before, just to see what it would look like. Nice job. And yes, most high quality oils will go nicely over highly polished surfaces and last for years without a retouch. Nice CNC work.

[greatitbroke]

Odies is awesome. Higher the sand the more it likes it. Awesome stuff. Love that stuff.