Okay - stupid question of the day coming up. My body shop guy hired a kid to do his sanding duties. I want him to strip my car to the metal, fix anything that needs fixing, and prime it up before it goes on the rotisserie next winter. Instead of paying his apprentice to sand my entire car, I went out and picked up a Kobalt D/A sander at the local Lowes and figured it should work long enough to get most of the car down to metal. This should save me at least a few Benjamins. Here is my plan.
Use my grinder turned sander with a 36 grit disk to get most of the paint and bond off the car. That thing is like one sanding muther - but is hell on the metal, so I plan to use it to only get through 4 or 5 of the 6 coats of paint that are on the car. I want to use the D/A sander after that, so as to lessen the trauma on the steel. So here is my question. The D/A sander works locked, or unlocked. For the finer stuff (getting through the final coat or two with 40 grit disk), should I use it locked, or unlocked? I think it should be unlocked, use the locking function for polishing and more serious work. Is that right? TJ Ringlein 72 Chevelle - gettin' naked Clovis, California US Air Force
