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questions for painters?? #688525 05/04/10 08:00 PM 05/04/10 08:00 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland GO_Fish OP master
GO_Fish OP master Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland	What type of sander should I use to strip paint to bare metal. I have a Ram with alligator skin textured OEM paint on the roof and hood (spider webbing gone crazy). Needs to come all the way off without harming the metal. On the repaint, how much time should be allowed between the base color coat and the clear coat? Thanks! Scott B. "I'm a self-made man... I started with nothing, and I still have most of it!" 68 360 rusty B'cuda 'vert (GO Fish)13.59@ 98.72 mph 69 340 GTS stock 14.18@ 95.60 mph 01 5.9L Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 01 3.5L 300M 16.23@ 86.97 mph

Re: questions for painters?? [Re: GO_Fish] #688526 05/04/10 08:12 PM 05/04/10 08:12 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,825 Kirkland, Washington Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts
Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,825 Kirkland, Washington	Use a DA with 5 or 6 inch PSA (pressure sensitive adhesive) disks. 80 grit works well (sanding scratches in the metal are good--primer will fill). Most base-clears have a 24 hour window to clear. Check your data sheets for YOUR paint.

Re: questions for painters?? [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #688527 05/04/10 08:17 PM 05/04/10 08:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,569 Eagle, Idaho Neil The Doctor is in.
Neil The Doctor is in. Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,569 Eagle, Idaho	I use the 3M paint stripping discs and a drill to take paint down to bare metal.

Re: questions for painters?? [Re: Neil] #688528 05/04/10 08:38 PM 05/04/10 08:38 PM
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 230 Georgia M magiccuda enthusiast
magiccuda enthusiast M Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 230 Georgia	first thing to do is get some razor blades and a scraper and scrape off what you can then sand off the rest or you will spend a small fortune in sand paper and time. If you do it right you wont goudge up the metal.

Re: questions for painters?? [Re: magiccuda] #688529 05/04/10 08:53 PM 05/04/10 08:53 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 461 Detroit Michigan stinger mopar
stinger mopar Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 461 Detroit Michigan	compressed air and duct tape works too.

Re: questions for painters?? [Re: stinger] #688530 05/04/10 09:38 PM 05/04/10 09:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 338 Lafayette,Tennessee 6 69runner enthusiast
69runner enthusiast 6 Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 338 Lafayette,Tennessee	aircraft stripper. it is a lot quicker then sanding everything.

Re: questions for painters?? [Re: 69runner] #688531 05/04/10 09:44 PM 05/04/10 09:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,572 Jacksonville Florida elitecustombody pro stock
elitecustombody pro stock Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,572 Jacksonville Florida	Quote: aircraft stripper. it is a lot quicker then sanding everything. Stripper can be bought at most auto parts stores and even Wal-Mart, brush it on in one direction,throw some trash bags or plastic sheeting for about 20- minutes,scrape,brush,rinse off, sand off the rest with 80 grit on cheap D/A sander, the palm sanders don't work as quick . Good luck

Re: questions for painters?? [Re: GO_Fish] #688532 05/04/10 09:51 PM 05/04/10 09:51 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,322 Michigan C crlush pro stock
crlush pro stock C Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,322 Michigan	If you are going to buy a sander, I have a hog sander, its like a da but its sanding disk is geared so when you press on it while your sanding the pad will keep spinning, (it doesnt spin fast like a disk grinder so you wont grind into metal, but it removes bondo and paint pretty fast. ingersoll rand makes a pretty good one. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ingersoll...=item53e03f662f

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