If the wood is prepped well and you have a smooth surface You will be safe to use 400 to 600 grit to wet sand between coats. Don't over sand just be sure you cover the surface well. I hardly ever sand between coats?
Sanding or not sanding is a decision you make after the last coat has dried. What does it look like? What does it feel like? Do you need to modify the color? Do you need to modify the sheen? I almost never wet sand wood. But have done so as a final modifier using high-number grits. If and when I sand between coats, it's probably just with dry 320 grit. But if the finish is nubbly and needs smoothing, I might start with 220 on a sanding block. If the finish is smooth but still porous, I might leave the sanding dust on so it mixes with the next coat and fills. If the finish is smooth and sealed but just needs the sheen knocked back I probably buff with #0000 steel wool, wiping thoroughly with sticky tack rag to get the wool dust off. If the finish is smooth and sealed but needs the sheen enhanced, I'll probably buff and burnish with brown paper (coffee filters). If the color isn't right I mix dye into the oil for the next coat. So many variables. After the last coat is what I want, then I leave it alone to cure as the "final" coat, and then I like to polish with paste wax. Given that you're using oil, the "final" coat is never final, anyway. It gets renewed with a very light finger rub of oil from time to time. I haven't ever had good results with Scotchbrite pads; I've given up on them for wood finishing.
There are a thousand ways to finish wood and get a good result. Everybody has their own methods. No one method is the only right method. No one method is same method to use every time. Learn to let the wood tell you what it needs you to do. Either it's going to react by looking nicer, if you're doing something it likes, or it's going to react by looking worse, if you're not.
Beats me. Never saw a need. No sanding between coats here, I probably used 6 coats of formby's on this, then spray painted it flat black from end to end then scrubbed all the black paint off with steel wool then applied a couple coats of ebony Bri Wax. I should probably make you guys pay me for that information....
That would be the last person on this forum I'd take advice from, no offense.
Do you take Zelle???....Beats me. Never saw a need. No sanding between coats here, I probably used 6 coats of formby's on this, then spray painted it flat black from end to end then scrubbed all the black paint off with steel wool then applied a couple coats of ebony Bri Wax. I should probably make you guys pay me for that information....
Uncle Evil, that is just plain mean and offensive…well deserved and likely good advice but still mean and offensive.
