When I strip a car with just paper, I normally go around the car with my grinder and "hit" the whole car with 24 grit. What I mean is I knock a good portion of the paint off, which is normally multiple coats, kind of nip it all around. Then I go with 40 grit on my DA, my weapon of choice is my Ingersol Rand palm sander and strip to where only a little of the factory primer is left then I switch to 80 to get the rest off. After that I go to 120, 180, and then 220 then etch and prime. In the past few years though I have been using Aircraft Stripper to get them down to the factory primer and go to sanding after that. Haven't had any problems with that and yes if you use stripper, clean clean clean clean!!!!! Make absolutely sure you get all that crap off and neutralized, I like to tape up all the door, fender, hood, and trunk gaps to make sure I don't get the junk in places I can't easily get the stripper off, that paint sands off easily anyway. Keep us posted!!
Josh Campbell 66 SS 396 (Black on the rotisserie, 1st car never part with it) 66 SS 396 (Red got it on a trade I only wanted the steering wheel) 71 Malibu (Since I can't sell it in the shape its in I'm making it my daily driver, although still FOR SALE) You should never have a battle of wits with morons ... they'll just drag you down to their level & beat you with experience. --- On Wed, 12/8/10, Rick Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: From: Rick Schaefer <[email protected]> Subject: [Chevelle-list] Sanding To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 2:19 PM Is a pain in the butt! I'm either doing it wrong or have the wrong equipment. It took me 3 hours to sand the clearcoat, paint, primer and MOST of the factory paint from ONE of my elky fenders. I don't think it should take that long. Used 60/80 grit with theses 2 tools : http://www.amazon.com/Ingersoll-Rand-4151-6-Inch-Vacuum-Pnuematic/dp/B00004XOT6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=industrial&qid=1291834205&sr=8-1 and http://www.amazon.com/Porter-Cable-7336-6-Inch-Variable-Random/dp/B0000222YH I alternated so as to not overwork either and allow the compressor to cool. BTW compressor is a 60 gallon 5HP Kobalt. Still need to finish it up, but the remaining paint/primer was coming off comparatively easy. I am using Norton & Mirka paper. I also bought a sanding backer for my grinder but it was difficult to keep from gouging the metal. Do I need a 7inch or larger sander? Recommendation on brand? Coarser paper needed? I want to do the entire car and finish it in this lifetime, Thanx. -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino
