Tips to remove sawdust from deep grain?

[Goat]

Hello all,

I tried something new to me, making a color break with paduck and yellow heart.  I sanded them together to make it look like one piece.  However I can't seem to get the orange dust out of the dep yellow heart grain.  I've tried a damp towel and even light sanding.  Ant tips to remove the dust?

Thanks

[Scrappile]

Do you have an air compressor?  or some cans of air?  that might work.

[Goat]

Thanks.  I used the air compressor and it got most of it out.  I'll try again tomorrow, its very cold out right now and the air felt like ice as my compressor is in the garage.

[Jim McDonald]

Soft bristle brush?

[tgiro]

When I'm shaping multiple pieces on a sanding shim, I use a heavy grit (80 - 100) to get the basic shape, then switch to a light grit (220) for a final shape. Then I break the pieces off the shim and give each piece a final swipe with the light grit and run it through a sanding mop (220-320 grit).

That usually knocks any sawdust bleed over right out and it looks fine.

[Goat]

6 hours ago, tgiro said:

When I'm shaping multiple pieces on a sanding shim, I use a heavy grit (80 - 100) to get the basic shape, then switch to a light grit (220) for a final shape. Then I break the pieces off the shim and give each piece a final swipe with the light grit and run it through a sanding mop (220-320 grit).

That usually knocks any sawdust bleed over right out and it looks fine.

Thanks for the tips.  Looks like I need to get a few more tools.  I just have a 1" belt sander I use for the basic shaping.  The finest I can find is a 120 grit.  I then hand sand with 220, 320 and finish with 400.  It takes a long time, but I like the results.

[tgiro]

On 2/10/2019 at 6:12 PM, Goat said:

Thanks for the tips.  Looks like I need to get a few more tools.  I just have a 1" belt sander I use for the basic shaping.  The finest I can find is a 120 grit.  I then hand sand with 220, 320 and finish with 400.  It takes a long time, but I like the results.

Try https://www.woodworkingshop.com/abrasive-belts/ or http://www.supergrit.com/products/products_belts

They have belts with grits down to 1000.

If you want a new toy - go for a slow speed grinder and some flex-drum sanders. You find them versatile as heck when shaping intarsia. Woodcraft has a Rikon 8-inch that they put on sale for $99.95 every now and then. The flex drum sanders are from Judy at intarsia.com or Ray at SeyCo.com.