What’s everyone’s post process technique when removing burr on a painted piece of wood or foil wrapped? I’m trying out carving on painted wood but I can’t really sand the surface afterwards without destroying the finish. What’s everyone’s technique on this? Leave as is?
Armchair woodworker here, but from what I’ve seen, your best bet may be to try to avoid the burr in the first place. That would be things like putting a clear coat over the paint, and/or something like painter’s tape along the cut lines. Then make sure you use a very fine finish pass, preferably with a sharp downcut bit to minimize tearout. Other wise, I’m afraid you’re looking at either very tedious sanding/scraping at precise angles to avoid marring the painted surface, or just repainting the surface after your carve (which has it’s own dangers, such as paint getting wicked into the carve unless you seal the carved area, etc.)
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