"Arch" wrote in message
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Not knowing any better, I find that reverse sanding can be useful when
sanding stringy wood or removing burnish marks. Some things 'seem' to
work for me that science insists can't, so I just keep on 'doing it
wrong' til science catches up.
I bet I'm not the only woodturner who not knowing any better, does
things that can't work.

Ah, the power of the placebo!