You can do this by hand with abrasive paper and a sanding block.

Use two coats, rubbing down with fin abrasive paper between.

If leather is involved, rough the area to be stuck with coarse abrasive paper.

Then switch to abrasive paper mounted in an electric sander.

For sanding electrical items, use any of the other abrasive papers mentioned.

Use fine abrasive paper or steel wool to clean the metal, and after cleaning do not touch it.

Silicon carbide abrasive paper was the first method of grinding and is still used today.

Finishing the piece will require fine abrasive paper always backed by a sanding block.

You guide the machine with a long handle while the drum, covered with abrasive paper, does its work.

Rub down with abrasive paper then degrease the surface with white spirit.

The colour coat should be well matted down with very fine abrasive paper before applying the lacquer.

Clean the wire ends with steel wool or abrasive paper and touch the two bare wires together.

Stores that rent the machines also sell the abrasive paper and should show you how to use the machines.

The finer polishing is done with abrasive paper.

When hardened, smooth down with abrasive paper, then seal with plaster primer.

This resembles a cylinder lawnmower, and drives a drum to which sheets of abrasive paper are fitted.

The bleach must soak into the pores to work, so after stripping it often helps to sand lightly with fine abrasive paper.

Another alternative is to use coarse quality abrasive paper such as those used by belt sanders to roughen the surfaces of the rollers.

Grinding stones, abrasive paper, and emery wheels can further shape, smooth and polish the surface.

Once hardened, the repair can be shaped flush with a plane and chisel, before a final finish with abrasive paper.

Zirconium wire can be sealed to glass with just little treatment - rubbing with abrasive paper and short heating in flame.

It's best to overfill slightly, then when the filler has hardened, and it level with abrasive paper wrapped round a cork block.

With dowel joints, use abrasive paper wrapped round an pencil or similar object to clean out the dowel holes.

The Ronseal varnishes used here can also be applied to a painted or previously varnished surface that has been rubbed down with a fine abrasive paper.

Often the quickest solution is to sand off the excess paint, using a foam sanding block with medium-grade wet-and-dry abrasive paper.