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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3141636" data-attributes="member: 15054">For sanding the paint off the wood I have tried many different tools from wire brushes in a drill to the soft plastic brushes in a drill.Belt sanders with different grit and DA sanders with different grit..All paint will act different so to nail down a specific grit is almost impossible.Some paint likes to load up in the sand paper so 1 pass renders the sandpaper useless until you brush the paper clean if you can.liquid strippers are messy and sometimes you can power wash wood to make it like new. but it needs to be dry before you sand and paint it.If you were close i would let you bring a piece over here and try different tools and grits to see what worked best.You may have the tools though.If the wood is flat it is much easier.. if it is grooved it becomes harder to keep pretty with power tools as they can eat into the grooves or cut the top of the grooves off.Then you do end up resorting to liquid strippers. and then hand sand what was left after you clean the mess up.I found trim at B&B and habitat for humanity and on craigslist many times.And I say this because the trim was cheaper than buying sandpaper.Sometimes new trim is cheaper than buying sandpaper and paint.I made some beautiful window seals for an entire house for my BIL from nice grade wood and routered the edges.They looked very nice, I had him helping out.He took them home and installed them and a week later painted them all white!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yea painted them. I about croaked.I spent time making a table router and getting it all perfect and picking the prettiest grains of wood.Oh well his house not mine.</blockquote>

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