I decided today was the day to paint my Ididit steering column, but because it was raining out and because I have a new pup I can't be too far away from, I decided to do it in the basement instead of the garage...

The problem is that the basement's lighting is not as good as it could be and after a few coats I noticed a couple of runs in the paint that I had not spotted in the bad lighting... clearly I cannot leave it as it is... frown

My question is, what is the best method to sand out paint runs?

Is hand sanding better or would a pad sander be better? Also what grain of sandpaper would be best?

The paint I am using is pretty forgiving (charcoal colored hammered finish) but I want to make it as nice as possible so the runs have got to go... Your advice?

Thanks in advance...

~Trev