Sentences with phrase «as sandpaper»

While they were shaping, Robert mentioned that he'd been using the same piece of wood as his sandpaper block for 25 years.

Better still, Reese and Wernick's politically incorrect zingers («Today was about as much fun as a sandpaper dildo») dovetail with former FX whizz Miller's penchant for excessive / stylish violence and creepy horror (see Deadpool cutting his own hand off and it growing back).

Ryan Reynolds brings the flippant attitude and Nicholas Cage is as rough as sandpaper but still has the heart of a hero.

There's evidence that shark skin was actually used as sandpaper as early as the Bronze Age,» says Gillis.

A glacier «acts as sandpaper because it has rocks embedded in its base... so as the glacier moves, it's deepening valleys and smoothing off the tops of hills,» Horenstein says.

Though about as exciting as sandpaper, he would draw tens of thousands of votes from Republicans who look to the Conservative line each year.

Cut 3x3 inch squares of fabrics (such as lace) and papers (such as sandpaper) with different colors and textures.

And some people complain about toilet paper being as rough as sandpaper.

Not exact matches

Get a large scrapbook and texturally interesting items like sandpaper, cloth scraps from a material store or old clothes such as velvet, baby blanket and fun fur.

And, according to a new study, running your hand over sandpaper may make you view social interactions as more hostile and competitive.

Using their sandpaper skin as a food processor could help baby sharks tackle large prey such as crustaceans, the researchers suggest in a report published online 20 March in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

From smooth glass to rough sandpaper, tomorrow's haptic screens could create sensations as varied as real life.

I was recently told by a dental hygienist that it should not be used daily as it is like brushing your teeth with sandpaper.

Think of it as the finest of fine sandpaper.

Links to caning supplies (not linked are common supplies such as scissors, rags, small paintbrush, rubber mallet, drill, sandpaper, etc.):

With a little 200 to 400 grit sandpaper... I will make the front of this piece as smooth as glass!

The «normal» ways of prepping furniture for new paint are sanding with fine sandpaper, using a deglosser such as Klean - Strip Liquid Sander Deglosser, or priming with a paint primer such as Krylon All - Purpose White Primer Spray.

So I taped off the parts that were going to be refinished and tried not to panic as I broke the factory finish with sandpaper.

Scientists, working with The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair, have managed to get their hands on the Crown Jewels — by growing their own from ingredients found in common household items such as drain un-blocker, sandpaper and antiseptic cream.

It's essentially liquid sandpaper, and should be thought of as a cutting tool.

The 500's boiled sweet - like buttons, quirky metal door handles, round headrests and pool ball gear knob are present too, as is a slab of body - coloured plastic across the dash (Cross and Cross Plus models get a grey plastic insert that feels like sandpaper to touch, though).

We'd still choose the iPhone over it most days, but the gap between Apple's phones and cheaper Android alternatives such as this is being sandpapered down to wafer thinness.

You could increase the resolution — as does the recently announced 1280 - by - 800, 7.7 - inch Samsung Galaxy Tab — but to do so, Jobs said, would be «meaningless unless your tablet also includes sandpaper so that the user can sand down their fingers to around one quarter of their present size.»

Improper perch size, perches all of the same size (causing insufficient foot exercise), sandpaper perches, perches that are otherwise too rough or dirty, or simple inactivity can cause a serious foot condition in birds called pododermatitis (otherwise known as bumblefoot).

If your cat is scratching inappropriate objects, cover them with something the cat will find unappealing, such as double - sided tape, aluminum foil, or sheets of sandpaper.

By 5 pm, the Aliikai was really rockin» and Neil's sandpaper and silk vocals went down as smoothly as the free flow bar.

She has made gestural as well as hard - edge abstractions, word paintings (her Angry Women series of 1973), and representational self - portraits, sometimes using such unconventional supports as rug samples, sandpaper, and canvases folded like accordion books.

Dying statues, printmaking workshops, knotting narratives and sandpapered Mapplethorpes — as contemporary art's biggest exhibition opens in London, we profile the four artists vying for the prize.

In every subsequent year the media has made attempts to arouse some of the old excitement, with descriptions of the «outlandish» works produced by nominees, such as James Richards's slides of pornographic photographs, from which the genitals have been sandpapered by a Japanese librarian.

«As Far Away as a Minute»: L.A. artist Glenn Kaino has created a depiction of a wormhole — a short - cut in the space - time continuum — using quilted - together bits of old sandpapeAs Far Away as a Minute»: L.A. artist Glenn Kaino has created a depiction of a wormhole — a short - cut in the space - time continuum — using quilted - together bits of old sandpapeas a Minute»: L.A. artist Glenn Kaino has created a depiction of a wormhole — a short - cut in the space - time continuum — using quilted - together bits of old sandpaper.

The subjects and discussions — from the aesthetic subtleties of plinths and sandpaper tape to ideas about organizing exhibitions against one's own taste — were as expansive and amorphous as the job description.

In the novel Life on Sandpaper (Dalkey Archive Press, 2011), the Israeli novelist and painter Yoram Kaniuk writes about the time he and Gandy hung out together in New York, befriending Lenny Tristano and Charlie Parker, as well as Willem de Kooning and Tennessee Williams.

As many Simpsons fans will notice, many of the stops on the new subway map allude to previous Simpsons episodes, with stations at the Women's Prison (where Marge spent some time), The Museum of Sandpaper, Fast Food Boulevard, and Shelbyville, for example.

You get the Standstone Black back which has an almost sandpaper texture to it as default, with the fancier options costing you extra.

The purported iPhone 6 display panel did show some scratches from both sandpapers, but not as much as the iPhone 5s display.

Brownlee also demonstrated a scratch test on the display panel as well as on an iPhone 5s, using garnet and emery sandpaper.

This makes it easier to take seriously as a flagship contender, at least by 2015 standards — just as long as you swap out that sandpaper default rear for a real wood finish.

As mentioned in the video above, when I distress painted furniture I also like to sand the entire flat surface using 320 grit sandpaper to create a smooth finish.

When i'm all done i buff it with dry paper towels that act as a very fine grit sandpaper.

What you will learn: properties of furniture painting, best practices & preparation, distressing methods, creating buttery finishes, waxing, as well as tools such as brushes, sandpaper, waxing, and distressing.

The paint soaked in more than I'd expected and as soon as I realized - I knew it was because we hadn't gone down to a finishing sandpaper.

I then sanded the whole thing lightly with 180 grit sandpaper, pressing harder in spots that I was wanted to be more «distressed,» such as on the corners of drawers, and carved or recessed parts.

The fine sandpaper makes them as smooth as glass!

With a little 200 to 400 grit sandpaper... I will make the front of this piece as smooth as glass!

I went through several pieces of heavy duty sandpaper and sanded them as good as I could.

As it dried, it looked like I painted it in a sand storm and it feels like sandpaper Any idea what I may have done wrong??? I must have missed something.

«One of my signature techniques is the» two color distress» — this is where you use two different coordinated colors as first and second coats, once dry you remove areas of the paint using sandpaper,» said Sloan.

Everything is stocked at our retail location in Shelby Township, and we ship international as well, even the brushes, sandpaper and stencils!

lately I have started using a VERY high grit sandpaper to buff the stain between coats (as opposed to using steel wool) and this has given me very nice results.

Everyone needs to have sandpaper as a staple in their home!