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Any tips or tricks for sanding a unsupported panel #1153346 01/09/12 01:15 AM 01/09/12 01:15 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,103 Phila Pa S scatpacktom OP master
scatpacktom OP master S Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,103 Phila Pa	71 and up B body decklids are unsupported and oil can when working with them. The decklids on these cars sometimes don't look quite right. The Plymouths are worse than the Dodges. Any of you body guys have the secret?

Re: Any tips or tricks for sanding a unsupported panel [Re: scatpacktom] #1153347 01/09/12 01:29 AM 01/09/12 01:29 AM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	The biggest trick is to use more aggressive paper & no pressure... Let the paper do the cutting.. After you've cut it flat use progressively finer paper changing the direction your sanding so the finer paper cuts the previous grit scratches out... Trying to get a flexy panel truly flat with finer paper is virtually impossible because using pressure flexes the sheet metal... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Any tips or tricks for sanding a unsupported panel [Re: scatpacktom] #1153348 01/09/12 01:42 AM 01/09/12 01:42 AM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,572 Jacksonville Florida elitecustombody pro stock
elitecustombody pro stock Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,572 Jacksonville Florida	I agree with Randy, let the paper do the work, just drag the block,do not press on it.

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