My old boss told me to stop sanding past 180 grit on paint grade, and he was dead right

Sean Hunt · 2026-09-25T17:05:04.390418+00:00

Spent two hours taking a maple face frame to 320 on my first solo job in Tacoma and the primer soaked in so uneven it looked blotchy under the finish coat. Now I stop at 180, scuff with 220 between coats, and my paint jobs come out flat. Anybody else get this same talk when they were starting out?

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