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Example sentences for "sandpaper"

Lexicographically close words:
sandes; sandflies; sandhill; sandhills; sanding; sandpapered; sandpapering; sandpiper; sandpipers; sandpit
  1. When the gouging is well done, smooth the groove with a round file or coarse sandpaper wrapped around a pencil.

  2. When using sandpaper on flat surfaces, wrap it closely about a rectangular block of wood.

  3. Pare the corners and sandpaper all parts well.

  4. Sandpaper both parts of the sword, and fasten the guard with glue and two 2" brads, driven from each edge of the guard in holes drilled for the purpose.

  5. The hole should now be sandpapered by wrapping a long, narrow piece of sandpaper snugly about the ramrod, and tying it securely at each end with string.

  6. Sandpaper the flat sides before gluing and nailing them together.

  7. After the glue is dry, bore out the barrel again, and sandpaper the hole well.

  8. When the wheel is round, bore a 5/16" hole in its center, sandpaper it, and glue it in place on the spool and spindle.

  9. Always sandpaper with, or lengthwise the grain.

  10. Next make it sixteen sided, taking very fine shavings, then sandpaper it well.

  11. If it is not flat, sandpaper the high parts slowly with coarse sandpaper.

  12. The ends of the boxes should be well rounded with sandpaper before the drum is stretched over them.

  13. Boys, you'd better get somebody else to sandpaper Tasper Britt with.

  14. It ain't simply to sandpaper Britt with that we want you to go.

  15. Why should sandpaper be used to smooth commutator instead of emery cloth?

  16. O sandpaper about the width of the commutator surface.

  17. Place the strip of sandpaper under the brush on the commutator with the rough side towards the brush, then pull the sandpaper from right to left; continue this process until the brush has been fitted to a true smooth bearing.

  18. Next day when the cement has thoroughly dried and the body is permanently fastened to the hook, remove the string and with the sandpaper touch up any rough places on the body, and give a coat of lacquer or enamel of the desired color.

  19. Then with a piece of 00 sandpaper held in the right hand and the cylinder in the left it is a very simple matter to give the body a nice smooth, shapely finish.

  20. Do not sandpaper at all yet; but make a nice orange-coloured spirit varnish, and place neatly over the yellow three or four coats.

  21. All spars should be treated with clear size and fine sandpaper before varnishing.

  22. After the parts are thoroughly finished with sandpaper the stern piece is fixed in position.

  23. First, with a small plane or sharp chisel cut down roughly, then a rasp and different grades of sandpaper are used, working across the joints.

  24. A small gouge will be required to clear the wood from the region of the after fin, a round rasp--sandpaper being wrapped around a small stick--being used for smoothing down afterward.

  25. The sandpaper must be applied unsparingly and always with the grain.

  26. This having been done, the corners are planed off carefully until the spar is octagonal in section, when it is easy to make it perfectly round with sandpaper by rubbing with the paper rolled around the stick.

  27. A piece of sandpaper is secured to a little door which opens in the shell of the top part of the spear.

  28. As the sandpaper passes the matches, it lights them, setting fire to a small quantity of gun cotton, which lights flash paper concealed in the end of the spear.

  29. To restore the gloss, rub the hat with a very fine piece of sandpaper which has been tacked over a small block of wood.

  30. To complete the process, remove the sandpaper and substitute a piece of velvet.

  31. Besides the sandpaper numbers and the plain cardboard ones, there is a series of wooden bars varying in length from one to ten meters, which the children use in connection with numbers in learning the combinations up to ten.

  32. Sandpaper alphabets with each letter pasted on a square of cardboard are given a child.

  33. There are small boards with strips of sandpaper running from the roughest to the smoothest, and pieces of different kinds of cloth; these the child rubs his hands over while his eyes are blindfolded, distinguishing the differences.

  34. To-day I tried experiments on grains: the grains given by the sandpaper and rosin.

  35. I made a successful experiment in sandpaper mezzotint.

  36. Here is a putty that will stick and at the same time sandpaper nicely.

  37. The use of sandpaper begins before even the priming coat has taken its position.

  38. Sandpaper this repair in due time, and then give the final puttying, which should be done to the full measure of the best possible skill.

  39. First scrape and sandpaper the old varnish clean and sleek to the wood.

  40. Sandpaper lightly, dust off, and give the surface a coating of some reliable, first-class, wood filler.

  41. Sandpaper lightly and then mix Florence, flake, or cremnitz white to a consistency that will render the color free working under a half elastic, soft bristle brush, using turps for the thinner, and hard drying finishing varnish for the binder.

  42. After giving this coat twenty-four hours to dry, sandpaper with No.

  43. Sandpaper and smooth surface down finely upon the first, and, if used, the second coat of lead.

  44. This necessitated the men going to a shop and purchasing the sandpaper themselves, as disobedience of the order meant a sojourn in the clink and the excuse that he had no sandpaper would not go.

  45. This cleaning is well done with sandpaper and turpentine.

  46. He gave a wild flirt of his tail as he fled away, and his sandpaper hide, striking her, took off her skin from elbow to shoulder.

  47. He sheered at the moment my hands should have landed on his nose, but his sandpaper hide (I had on a sleeveless undershirt) scraped the skin off one arm from elbow to shoulder.

  48. Small bruises in wood can be taken out by wetting the place with warm water, or even with cold water, and rubbing down the grain with sandpaper if necessary.

  49. Sandpaper the whole with fine sandpaper (see Sandpaper).

  50. When an oil-stone becomes unevenly worn, it can be trued by rubbing it around on a sheet of sandpaper fastened on a flat surface, like the side of a board.

  51. If not, sandpaper and shellac again, and a fourth time if necessary.

  52. Long, fine steel shavings done up in bundles can be used instead of sandpaper for some purposes.

  53. In using sandpaper for rubbing down nice work, split it--that is, remove the outer layer of paper, which will leave the sanded layer thin and pliable and less likely to scratch or rub through the finish.

  54. For flat surfaces it is well to fold the sandpaper over a flat block of cork or wood (Fig.

  55. In such a case rub it on a piece of fine sandpaper or in the ashes or the ground.

  56. Sandpaper with the grain, except for work which is to be painted.

  57. Finally run over the edges with a plane (see Plane), and sandpaper the plank to prevent slivers.

  58. Remember not to use sandpaper in the smoothing, as the grit will dull the tools yet to be used.

  59. Sandpaper the whole with rather fine sandpaper (see Sandpaper).

  60. Smooth the edges with a plane (see Plane) and sandpaper the plank.

  61. Sandpaper for Cleaning Pots--Always keep a piece of fine sandpaper by the sink with which to clean pots.

  62. The frame prevents the match from being carried over the edges of the sandpaper onto the wall.

  63. Tests for abrasion are made by wearing down wood with sandpaper or by means of a sand blast.

  64. After rubbing sandpaper and put on very thin coat of varnish and turpentine (about equal parts).

  65. This can be rubbed with fine sandpaper or hair to take off gloss, and colored the next morning, but it is better to remain 24 hours before coloring.

  66. If I sandpaper in the morning, I put on first-coat color before noon.

  67. Twelve sheets of sandpaper used in a week!

  68. True up each piece to the given dimensions, and sandpaper carefully.

  69. Then cut from A to C, and sandpaper carefully.

  70. After the legs are screwed to the upper and lower braces sandpaper the entire stool.

  71. Scrape and sandpaper these edges and secure the top to the stretchers with screws.

  72. When this is dry, sandpaper the "whiskers" which were raised by the water and fill with a medium dark filler.

  73. Allow time to dry, then sandpaper lightly with fine sandpaper.

  74. It is advisable not to have them sandpapered, as the very coarse sandpaper generally used, gives a bad surface for finishing.

  75. Plane the surfaces on the saw cut smooth and sandpaper the curve made by the bit.

  76. Make the keys, scrape all the parts and sandpaper those that were not so treated at the mill.

  77. Thoroughly scrape and sandpaper all parts not already so treated.

  78. Cut one end of each post tapering with a chisel; face and sandpaper the posts and side rails before making the joints.

  79. Thoroughly scrape and sandpaper all parts that are visible.

  80. When this has dried, sandpaper smooth, using No.

  81. Scrape and sandpaper thoroughly to remove all marks or glue spots.

  82. They enjoy keenly touching any soft pleasant surface, and become exceedingly keen in discriminating between the differences in the sandpaper cards.

  83. I saw that in the sandpaper alphabet I had found the looked-for guide for the fingers which touched the letter.

  84. I remember a little beginner who, wishing to make his blackboard writing perfect, brought all of the sandpaper letters with him, and before writing touched two or three times all of the letters needed in the words he wished to write.

  85. The vowels are in light-coloured sandpaper and are mounted upon dark cards, the consonants and the groups of letters are in black sandpaper mounted upon white cards.

  86. Learning the difference between rough and smooth by running fingers alternately over sandpaper and smooth cardboard; distinguishing different shapes by fitting geometric insets into place; distinguishing textures.

  87. In addition to these alphabets we have a set of the capital letters mounted in sandpaper upon cardboard, and another, in which they are cut from cardboard.

  88. The children, as soon as they have become at all expert in this tracing of the letters, take great pleasure in repeating it with closed eyes, letting the sandpaper lead them in following the form which they do not see.

  89. All of the children fill in the figures with coloured pencils, touch the sandpaper letters and compose words with the movable alphabets; the little ones beside the big ones who help them.

  90. The child to the right is tracing sandpaper letters.

  91. We find the children particularly enthusiastic about tracing the sandpaper letters.

  92. The cards upon which the sandpaper letters are mounted are adapted in size and shape to each letter.

  93. A number of little ones were playing in the sun, while others were seated in a circle about the tables containing the sandpaper letters and the movable alphabet.

  94. Sandpaper this slot smooth and then fasten the batten to the moulding with small brads driven in about 2 in.

  95. Fasten the top and bottom boards in place and then go over the stand with fine sandpaper and remove all surplus glue and rough spots.

  96. Scrape and sandpaper these and when the clamps can be removed from the ends put the whole frame together.

  97. Go over the whole with fine sandpaper and remove all rough spots, then apply the finish you like best.

  98. Sandpaper them smooth, then stain and polish.

  99. Scrape off all the surplus glue and sandpaper all the parts well.

  100. Thoroughly scrape and sandpaper all the parts, carefully removing any surplus glue.

  101. Finish smooth with fine sandpaper and apply the stain desired, which may be any of the many mission stains supplied by the trade for this purpose.

  102. Thoroughly scrape and sandpaper all these parts and then put the ends together.

  103. When complete, the closet should be carefully gone over with fine sandpaper and all glue and rough spots removed.

  104. Allow this to harden, then sandpaper lightly with fine paper.

  105. Illustration: Detail of the Armchair] Thoroughly scrape and sandpaper the parts and then apply the finish.

  106. In finishing, sandpaper all parts and then apply a coat of boiled linseed oil.

  107. When complete, sandpaper smooth and apply any one of the many mission stains that are supplied by the trade for this purpose.

  108. When the table is complete it should be carefully gone over with fine sandpaper and all rough spots removed.

  109. The glue must be removed from about the joints and the surfaces smoothed over with fine sandpaper before applying the stain.

  110. Sandpaper the wood until it is smooth and the label is finished.

  111. Trim the wood as smoothly as possible with a knife; then use sandpaper to level and finish off.

  112. Smooth collector rings with sandpaper and see that the brushes make good contact.

  113. When fitting new brushes or changing them always sandpaper them down until they make good contact with the collector rings, by passing a strip of sandpaper beneath the brush.


  114. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sandpaper" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abrasive; buff; burnish; chop; corduroy; corrugation; dress; file; furbish; grind; ripple; rough; sand; sandpaper; shine; smooth; washboard; wax