How do the carvers get such a high polish on their pieces?
A. By continuing to wet sand with finer and finer grits. They stand the carving in a tub of water and hand rub it, using various grit levels of waterproof sand paper, until the piece has the finish they are looking for. They usually begin with 180 grit and then go to 320, 420 and 600 grit and sometimes go as high as 1200 if they want their piece to have a gleaming shine.
