On 12/2/2012 10:07 AM, dadiOH wrote:
Abby wrote:
Hi and Happy Holidays,

What is the best way to remove weather crust from exposed wood? There is a
dark crust on much of our outdoor wood (the house is in
Costa Rica and gets beaten by sun, rain, and wind). The crust sands
off easily enough but the underlying wood is not flat and is
extremely hard (teak?). My pad sander does not get into the valleys
and sanding down the high spots is too slow even with 60 grit paper. Using
the edge of the pad for the valleys is still slow.

The only way you are going to get the wood flat after removing the crust -
whatever that is - is by sanding it.

BTW, teak isn't particularly hard, similar to walnut.

yep, but the silica content removes the cutting edge of any tool ,
including sandpaper.