Title: Sanding help
Post by: dprat1 on September 14, 2005, 04:42:06 pm
Greetings,
I'm till around and making good progress on my C-51. However, anybody got any tips for sanding around the embossing. As I wet sand primer, it is almost impossible not hit an edge or point of the embossing without baring metal. I'm starting to pull my hair out here
Thanks,
Doug
I'm till around and making good progress on my C-51. However, anybody got any tips for sanding around the embossing. As I wet sand primer, it is almost impossible not hit an edge or point of the embossing without baring metal. I'm starting to pull my hair out here
Thanks,
Doug
Title: Sanding help
Post by: sodaworks on September 14, 2005, 04:55:06 pm
Hello Doug,
Wet sand with 400 grit. Use a block when you can to avoid waves. Don't worry about bare metal showing from sanding. This will cover up with primer sealer before applying top coat.
Wet sand with 400 grit. Use a block when you can to avoid waves. Don't worry about bare metal showing from sanding. This will cover up with primer sealer before applying top coat.
Title: Sanding help
Post by: dprat1 on September 14, 2005, 06:51:21 pm
Terry,
Thanks for the help. It will be several days before I take it to my painter. Can I or should I go ahead and coat with primer sealer or does this need to be done just before paint? Everything I have read implies that the painter does this just before? Thought it would protect it in the mean time till ready for paint. Thanks again,,
Doug
Thanks for the help. It will be several days before I take it to my painter. Can I or should I go ahead and coat with primer sealer or does this need to be done just before paint? Everything I have read implies that the painter does this just before? Thought it would protect it in the mean time till ready for paint. Thanks again,,
Doug
Title: Sanding help
Post by: Jim on September 14, 2005, 07:31:15 pm
Doug,
I prefer not to burn through while wet sanding w/ 400 as Terry mentioned. If I do, I will prime one more time and sand again before sealer/topcoat.
I prefer not to burn through while wet sanding w/ 400 as Terry mentioned. If I do, I will prime one more time and sand again before sealer/topcoat.
Title: Sanding help
Post by: MoonDawg on September 14, 2005, 07:57:37 pm
Your machine has not yet been painted? If not, don't rely on the painter to clean your letters! Purchase a can of aircraft stripper and spray it on the letters, then scrub with a wire brush. Repeat as necessary until bare. Your painter can then "feather" old paint around your letters to level, or strip as you did.
Stripping old layers of paint from lettered areas gives much, much, more depth to them when done.
Stripping old layers of paint from lettered areas gives much, much, more depth to them when done.
Title: Sanding help
Post by: dprat1 on September 14, 2005, 11:24:49 pm
Glen,
I think you misunderstood. I have already stripped and blasted the entire machine to metal and completed body work and primed. Was just asking for tips how to wet sand around and within the embossing. Everything else is "as smooth as a baby's butt" and ready for paint. Thanks for the reply though.
doug
I think you misunderstood. I have already stripped and blasted the entire machine to metal and completed body work and primed. Was just asking for tips how to wet sand around and within the embossing. Everything else is "as smooth as a baby's butt" and ready for paint. Thanks for the reply though.
doug
Title: Sanding help
Post by: Jim on September 15, 2005, 06:58:11 am
Another note regarding the embossed lettering and getting good results sanding can be accommplished using a Scotch Pad. Sand all the nooks, crannies or lower spots in the lettering and save the overall or top sanding of the lettering for last.