Rant: I used to think a 3M sanding block was fine for feathering edges until a painter in Spokane showed me his finish.

He pulled out a $40 flexible block from a brand I'd never heard of, and the difference on a 2021 F-150 quarter panel was night and day. Anyone have a go-to feathering tool that isn't the standard gray block?

4 comments

4 Comments

oliver_stone1521d ago

Yeah, that cheap gray block is basically just for rough work. The good flexible ones let you really feel the edge and follow the panel curve. I've had luck with the Dura-Block brand, the long ones with different grit sleeves. Lets you spread the pressure out so you don't dig new lows.

miasanchez21d ago

So that's why I keep making new lows, huh @oliver_stone15?

nancy32621d ago

Feel your pain with those new lows. Oliver's right about spreading the pressure with a longer block. It stops you from fighting the curve you're trying to fix.

wilson.olivia1d ago

My buddy learned that lesson the hard way on his old Camaro. He was fighting a repair for days with his basic block. Another guy at the shop tossed him a long, flexible sanding stick. Totally changed the game. Said it was like the tool just followed the body line by itself. He never went back to the stiff blocks after that. Makes a huge difference on curved panels.