If you want the most professional-worthy paint job possible, sanding your walls really is a must. Not only does it smooth out your surface for an even application, but it helps your paint to adhere ...

A 40- or 60-grit paper is very coarse and is used for heavy sanding and stripping or to severely rough-up a surface. Medium-grit papers are 80 through 120, used to smooth surfaces and remove small ...

In addition to finding the right sandpaper grit for your project, and knowing when you can stop refining (and stop sanding!), proper wood sanding technique is also important. From the editors of Fine ...