Sentences with phrase «to sand something down»

In this example, we chose to use a couple of coats of white spray paint and then sand it down to give it a more rustic and distressed look.

Just sand it down a little to make a smooth surface and then paint with chalkboard paint.

Do you think I will need to sand them down first?

You may get a few runs, but you can easily sand them down.

Just sand them down, and use paint instead of stain to give them a uniform look.

However since the seat of the bench was flaking a bit, I did sand it down to smooth it out.

If you have wooden fencing or furniture, give them a new lease of life by sanding them down before splashing on a coat of eggshell blue paint to complement the shades of your new plants.

We purchased a real sander and are going to do it big and completely sand it down so we can restain it.

quick question... I bought the JC Penny headboard and spray painted it but did not lightly sand it down first and now it's scratching very easily... is that why??

Did you use candle wax or did you just sand it down after painting?

And if we ever have to sell (i hope not), we'll just sand it down for a fresh start.

Because I used chalk paint on the legs, I did not sand them down, I just cleaned them.

Let it dry, sand it down with a sanding block & apply a thin coat of the top coat.

I then sanded it down again using a fine grit sandpaper to smooth it out, applied another coat of primer, and then painted the inside Jazzleberry Jam and the outside Jo Jo Whitewash.

Ever picked up a piece of old wooden furniture to upcycle, but been put off by the laborious task of sanding it down first?

As for the paint, I would definitely try sanding it down first — as long is there aren't a bunch of coats one on top of the other, I think it should be fine!

I started by sanding it down and applying 3 coats of paint.

Whereas I tend to be very straight with my paintings except for the whole series of black paintings where I really repainted them over and over and then sanded them down in order to make an extremely impenetrable surface that looks kind of like Formica sometimes.

The top had so much character in the wood, I didn't want to sand it down completely and loose it all.

The glue dries quickly and you can cut the all the plugs with a flush trim saw and sand it down smooth with minimal if any filling needed.

It needed a good sanding and as I started sanding it down I noticed that the front leg was broken and part of the wood was missing.

Yes, I was able to peel / scrape off veneer & then sanded it down prior to adhering the paper.

I don't know why anyone would have replaced these pretty things with those terrible grates!I debated sanding them down and restaining them because they are a tad bit tattered, but in the end I really loved how they looked old and worn and how that fit in perfectly with how I repainted the piece.

Van Lith's canvases are painted countless times, as he applies layers of paint and then sands them down creating surfaces that are both colorful and deconstructed.

His past works in gestural abstraction have been a new exploration in scraping away sections with a razor, power sanding it down, and white washing over them till holes are produced.

Remove the sideboard's handles, then sand it down all over.

The nightstands were previously stained black, so we had Willie sand them down and coat them with some «Country White» paint from Walmart.

If the surface is a oil enamel and really shiny, we suggest sanding it down first before application.

I was not super careful when I was painting the little areas but I literally sanded it down super easy and it was even and you could not even tell I had made any mistakes.

I don't normally buy previously painted pieces, but the paint job on this one wasn't terrible, and it is a small and simple enough piece that I could sand it down without too much trouble.

I guess I could always sand it down and refinish the wood top, though!

We have a similar sink set up and I would love to paint it but I am worried about the idea of sanding it down since I don't think it's great quality.

After they were hung, my husband sanded them down smooth, and then I caulked around the edges to give it a seamless look, and painted them the same white color I used for the wallpaper.

I dremeled off the little pieces of plastic meant to hold the door in place and sanded them down so the cats wouldn't scratch themselves on it going in and out.

After I stripped that dresser with Citristrip, I just lightly sanded it down.

And to that end, as Anthony John Agnello points out, GoldenEye changed the industry by taking the rough edges of the PC shooter experience and sanding them down for console players.

Alexandra Harley: I did cut into the acrylic several times and I did sand it down and I am not saying that what I ended up with was what I wanted, but I might re-visit that idea, because that would draw it back down.

And once it was a dry, sanded it down again.

I will try sanding it down some and see if that helps.I will Aldo be using the chalk paint wash but I am stuck on how you sealed everything.

For this project Adam didn't sand them down or stain them, he just left them completely rough and natural.

Amm then begins to respond to the emerging composition, sanding it down in places and occasionally intervening more dramatically with a brushstroke or other discrete gesture.

I work in a lumberyard and all the pallets I've seen are rough, not surfaced but I didn't have a problem just sanding them down a little to paint to make a sign.

I really love this pieces and wanted to keep them because the design is pretty so I thought of sanding them down and painting them a pretty cream color.

Each panel may ultimately get as many as 100 applications and the artist then sands it down to a hard finish in the space next door.

Will the brush streaks disappear with the poly coat on top or do I need to sand them down first?

There in Pierre, there in South Dakota, my sisters and I were happy, I suppose, and we were sad, but «happy» and «sad» are always lies, of a sort: the words we use to smooth the edges off our memories and sand them down to generalities.

Once, the paint was off I used the palm sander to sand it down, then stained the top with dark walnut stain by Minwax.