On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:00:17 GMT, "Cy Galley"
wrote:

Why sand at all. Steve Beert's prize winning Long was sandblasted, then
micro was squeegee over the top , then a little sanding and paint prep.

Wow, now there is an inovative guy with a lot of courage. But Cy, a
lot of the Long's need the sanding to make the surfaces **REALLY**
smooth, y'know, laminar. So they use long pieces of 1x4's with
sandpaper glued to it to make sure they don't sand a crater into the
surface. The purpose of this type of sanding is to remove any
irregularities, not just rough up the surface.

Corky Scott