Re: [MBZ] Bodywork - Plastic Bumper Cover
Thx Rich - Exactly what I needed to know - ;-) LarryT Read the Constitution once in a while - http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bodywork - Plastic Bumper Cover A random orbital sander does a nice job of taking stuff down quickly with heavier grits and then smoothing things nicely with finer grits. You can get up to like 220 or 250 grit discs, but if you use the worn out ones they can make stuff really smooth. Or then just go over with the finer stuff by hand. --R LarryT wrote: Hi Gang - My W124 91 300D has some scratches on the rear bumper cover. It's plastic and I'm hoping to find a way to clean up the scratches and then repaint it. I assume I should start with 800 grit sandpaper and then move to 1200-1500 grit until it's smooth - then I can shoot it with Diamond Blue. Is that about right?Any better methods to use? Any power tools that would make it easier? Thanks for the help- LarryT 91 300D 2.5 T Read the Constitution once in a while - http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090709/923336d3/attachment.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Bodywork - Plastic Bumper Cover
Hi Gang - My W124 91 300D has some scratches on the rear bumper cover. It's plastic and I'm hoping to find a way to clean up the scratches and then repaint it. I assume I should start with 800 grit sandpaper and then move to 1200-1500 grit until it's smooth - then I can shoot it with Diamond Blue. Is that about right?Any better methods to use? Any power tools that would make it easier? Thanks for the help- LarryT 91 300D 2.5 T Read the Constitution once in a while - http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090709/923336d3/attachment.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Bodywork - Plastic Bumper Cover
A random orbital sander does a nice job of taking stuff down quickly with heavier grits and then smoothing things nicely with finer grits. You can get up to like 220 or 250 grit discs, but if you use the worn out ones they can make stuff really smooth. Or then just go over with the finer stuff by hand. --R LarryT wrote: Hi Gang - My W124 91 300D has some scratches on the rear bumper cover. It's plastic and I'm hoping to find a way to clean up the scratches and then repaint it. I assume I should start with 800 grit sandpaper and then move to 1200-1500 grit until it's smooth - then I can shoot it with Diamond Blue. Is that about right?Any better methods to use? Any power tools that would make it easier? Thanks for the help- LarryT 91 300D 2.5 T Read the Constitution once in a while - http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090709/923336d3/attachment.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
