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Offline daz veedub

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sanding car
« on: 12 January 2012, 17:08 »
any1 any tips on sanding a full car down  :smiley:

cheers daz

Offline tweed

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Re: sanding car
« Reply #1 on: 12 January 2012, 17:12 »
For what?

Use a fine grit and count your strokes, so that the paint will be even

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Re: sanding car
« Reply #2 on: 12 January 2012, 17:12 »
in prep for new paint ? or in prep for machine polishing ?

Offline daz veedub

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Re: sanding car
« Reply #3 on: 12 January 2012, 17:18 »
sorry  :embarassed:

for my mk4 golf just fitted bora front end which is black, whole car will be sprayed but iam doing abit of prep work my self

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Re: sanding car
« Reply #4 on: 12 January 2012, 17:26 »
unless there is repairs needed you should not need to take the paint all the way back , just need a good 'key' for the new paint.

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Re: sanding car
« Reply #5 on: 12 January 2012, 17:29 »
no repairs needed mate just a stright sand and paint what grade would u say for what i need to do ?

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Re: sanding car
« Reply #6 on: 13 January 2012, 20:50 »
got the hang of it now  :grin: :smiley: