Carolina Pine Country Store
Carolina Pine Country Store
122 South Center Street
Goldsboro, NC 27530
United States
The sticky areas are most likely pitch (Sap) from the pine. The smell has a distinctively sweet, pine odor. There is nothing that will stop the pitch from coming through over the years. At best you can spot prime in areas but overall the pine will win.
Pine is full of pitch (rosin or tar) and stain alone will never adhere to these areas. The knots are so dense and hard there is no grain to hold the stain in place
To fix, sand the table lightly with 120-grit sandpaper and restain the table. To improve adherence of the stain, mix 2 parts Gel Stain with one part Gel Satin Topcoat. Apply as many coats of the mix as needed to obtain the desired color, allowing 24-hour dry time between coats.
Carolina Pine Country Store
122 South Center Street
Goldsboro, NC 27530
United States
Norfolk Wood Shop
5115 Colley Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23508
United States
Happy Woodworker Wednesday! We can't get enough of the beautiful handcrafted pieces by Motoko Smith of Motoko Works! What started as a hobby quickly blossomed into a passion for Motoko, who now does balances her time between home life and woodworking.
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Although both items are labeled as 220-grit, the pads are softer with a less aggressive scratch pattern.
With use, a 220-grit pad will soften very quickly to the equivalent of 400-grit sandpaper - making used pads ideal for finish sanding between layers of topcoat or prep sanding an EXISTING finish.
220-grit sandpaper is too aggressive for finish sanding but works well for the final round of prep sanding of open-grained raw wood such as Cherry, Pine, Maple, Birch, or Alder.
GF's recommendation: (there are other great sanders in the market. These are the ones we are familiar with) Most pros own more than one sander as they are designed for different objectives.