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  • You should try the cobra, it's a very generous offer. Your original post was only talking about sanding. I've sanded to paint spindles many times with soft sanding pads (the ones with foam in the middle) and strips of cloth backed sandpaper which you wrap round the spindle and pull back and forward. You have to be careful with that method not to erase too much detail.

    It is a monstrous job, boring and mildy painful on hands and the seating position is difficult and you're in a hallway where people need access etc. After a while you work out how many you are doing an hour and once you've stopped weeping you can work out when the punishment will end.

    If you're stripping them to the wood and waxing you don't need to worry about the ballache time sink of painting them with 3 or 4 coats either.

    tldr - try the cobra it's a great tool I wish I had one 30 years ago.

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