Here's that burnishing video I teased a couple weeks ago....

[aarontunes]

Give me your heart, make it real, or just forget about it....

 

[rauchman]

Nice!!!!!

 

[teleme01]

Very informative, I have been sanding north to south and now, through rote, I see the technique is east to west. Lesson learned.

 

[Spud]

I put two thin coats of wipe on poly on my wenge neck. To me too smooth is a problem.

 

[Hagwood]

I've always gone with the grain as well, what is the benefit of across the grain other than being able to do it faster ?

 

[mayfly]

Hey Aaron! Where do you get your sandpaper?

 

[sdeeg]

Sanding with the grain is so ingrained in me that I never even thought about going East/West. I'll have to give it a go on my new canary wood neck. I'm probably going to fill the pores with shellac first though.

@mayfly you can get a variety pack of the paper that Aaron used on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DTGP1QT