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Go down to your local tool hire as you'll need a power sander anyway and they'll provide the best advice as to which grit you'll need.
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What grit would you recommend and can it be done in one pass? 80?
80 is for roughing operations on softwood. You're going to get the worst bits flattened out and the corners rounded off pretty quickly with that, but you'll have to run your hand over it to see if you want to go further. I'd probably show up with 120 grit as well for a second operation just in case.
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Probably a how long is a piece of string thing, but I'm in charge of making some structures out of pallet wood. Not the slats on top, the chunkier 'ribs' underneath bigger pallets, they're roughly 45x70mm in cross section. They're in variable condition from having been out in the rain, and are a bit rough. They're also quite lightweight softwood. We need to sand them, as lightly as possible, but to provide a less splintery, more hand-friendly finish. No paint/varnish will be applied.
What grit would you recommend and can it be done in one pass? 80? 120? (There is unskilled labour involved so the easier the better.)