Sanding over Wood Burning

Before you do anything, try one of these to remove the pencil marks.

Just get you a plan old pink eraser and go to town on them pencil marks…..!! Should do the trick w/o sanding..!

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Depends how deep the burning is. If it’s a fairly deep burn then a light sanding will actually crisp up the edges but if it’s only surface burning then it does risk muddying the burn and losing definition or

Definitely try an eraser, but if that doesn’t work then sand using the highest grit you can get away with while still removing the pencil and keep the burning pen on hand just in case you want to lightly redefine the burn.

Thank you all, the eraser did the trick. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that first except that I know I still have my final sanding to do on some of that piece so that’s where my mind was focusing. But it’s good now and I just need to finish it later tonight

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Alcohol also works well for getting rid of pencil marks. I would give the hole thing a quick wipe with alcohol before finishing. Gets rid of any sanding dust and will clean up any eraser residue.

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