On 9/19/2019 11:14 AM, Pirate6093 wrote:
replying to Bill, Pirate6093 wrote:
You may be applying to much presser. That will give it a burnt finish.

(For context from the original post this is 12" disc, not hand sander--dpb)

They run too fast for anything but the lightest of pressure and briefest
of contact in one place...MUST keep the workpiece moving.

Some woods (cherry perhaps most notoriously) are far more prone to
burning than others, too, of course.

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