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wet-sand en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Alternative form of wet sand. ▸ To sand with fine-grained sandpaper and lubricant.
    • Properly wet-sanding your vehicle will make a night-and-day difference in the final presentation and sleekness of your paint job. 2005, Colin Date, Mitch Burns, 101 GM Muscle Car Performance Projects, →ISBN, page 46:
    • I applied additional coats as needed and wet-sanded it smooth. 1998, George Bojaciuk, Building and Detailing Scale Model Muscle Cars, →ISBN, page 24:
    • The stock is then wet-sanded using gray Scotchbrite and wiped off. 2007, Steven Dodd Hughes, Double Guns and Custom Gunsmithing, →ISBN, page 86:
  2. Alternative form of wet sand. ▸ To smooth with a sponge.
    • New drywall can be "wet-sanded" with a sponge to eliminate dust, but be careful not to get the compound too wet or sponge it too much — the mud will loosen. 1997, Mark Dixon, Bob Heidt, House Painting Inside & Out, →ISBN, page 72:
    • AFTER DRYING, the first coat can be wet-sanded with a damp sponge, and then a finish coat is brushed on. 1977 July, Clem Labine, “Patching Cracks in Plaster”, in Old-House Journal, volume 5, number 7, page 81:
    • To avoid the dust problems, the joints may be wet-sanded or sponged rather than dry-sanded. 1985, James Emmerson Russell, Methods and materials of residential construction, page 156:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wet-sanded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wet-sanded Tense=Past lexicographic
wet-sanding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wet-sands Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic