Drum shells. Refinished. 1.437 square meter of gloss forest green beech marvel.

So here we are finally.

After more than 8 weeks of curing, the poly finish was ready to be sanded and buffed.

I started using P400 paper (siarexx fine), to remove all the brush marks, drips and dust inclusions.

I then flattened the surface a little bit further with a P500/600 superfine sanding sponge (siasponge flex). The sponge helps to achieve an even surface by spreading pressure and following the curve.

Now we're going over to wet standing, starting with P800 then P1200 and finally P2500 (siawat on foam). I actually used naphta as a lubricant, I wasn't confident enough about using water on wood, because I had issues when wetsanding shellac earlier.

I think it translates by "naphta" or "white gas"

The finish is now completely smooth, sanding scratches are at this point virtually invisible.

Then the surface is buffed to a high gloss finish with a cleaner (an intermediate rubbing compound) in several passes.

Sorry about the fingerprints here and there, I'll do a light polishing when I'm done with tung oil application and bearing edge reshaping.

Enjoy!

My neighbors' facades reflection

The inside of the shells had one coat of tung oil applied. After some cleaning with steelwool, they'll get a second light coat and some light satin buffing.