How To Sand Wood Decking

How to Use a Saw to Cut Hardwood Decking

In this guide, you will learn how to properly sand hardwood decking using a hand-held orbital sander. For dense hardwoods like Ipe and Cumaru, we recommend the following:

• Use 80 grit sand paper.
• Attach the sand paper to the machine.
• Set on top of the hardwood.
• Following the grain of the wood, gently glide the sander over the surface.

To prevent an uneven surface, do not let the sander sit on top of the wood. Over sanding wood in one area can cause the board to warp overtime.

After the decking is evenly sanded, sweep or wipe off the surface to ensure the pores of the wood are not clogged with oily saw dust. If you are sanding the entire surface of a deck, you need to pressure wash the entire area prior to finishing. Once your surface is fully prepared, now you are ready to apply deck oil.
Check out our next video on how to apply deck oil to hardwood decking.

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