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wet sandings

wet sandings is the plural of wet sanding.

Meaning of wet sanding

Noun

wet sanding (countable and uncountable, plural wet sandings)

  1. The process of sanding with extremely fine-grained sandpaper, using a lubricant such as oil or water to prevent the sandpaper from clogging.
    • Some wet sanding and a few more coats of varnish had it looking respectable enough to antique.1976, Leslie Linsley, The Decoupage Workshop, page 68
  2. The process of smoothing damp material with a sponge.
    • An alternate sanding method is wet sanding. It involves blending in the edges of the joint compound by stroking them with a wet sponge.1998, William Perkins Spence, Installing & Finishing Drywall, →ISBN, page 143

Questions about wet sandings

What is wet sandings the plural of?
Wet sandings is the plural of wet sanding.

Words near wet sandings in the dictionary

  1. wet rooms
  2. wet rot
  3. wet sand
  4. wet sanded
  5. wet sanding
  6. wet sandings
  7. wet sands
  8. wet season
  9. wet seasons
  10. wet shaving
  11. wet signature

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