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My wrists are screaming from all that hand sanding on the antique chair

Spent the whole weekend on detail work, and now I can barely grip my coffee mug. (Guess I need to take more breaks, but who has the time?)
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thomascooper
Try changing your sanding motion from back-and-forth to small circles. It spreads the pressure around and can really save your joints. Your hands will still get tired, but they won't hurt as much.
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the_jessica
Seriously? @thomascooper I've sanded plenty by hand and never had joint pain bad enough to change my whole technique. Maybe if you're doing it for hours every day, but for a weekend project my wrists and elbows are fine.
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paige_kelly
My hands went numb once from polishing silver for hours.
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