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RE: New RED Paint....

To: Theo Smit <theo.smit@dynastream.com>, DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com>,
Subject: RE: New RED Paint....
From: Jason Raser <jasonraser@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 05:36:43 -0700 (PDT)
Thought I'd throw in my two cents.

The last time I painted a car I used a very long stiff
sanding block.  About 12 inches long.  I was told that
it helped even out your sanding on big areas like a
hood or roof.  I liked it.

Jason


--- Theo Smit <theo.smit@dynastream.com> wrote:
> Make sure you use a hard rubber sanding block. 320
> grit silicon carbide
> wet-or-dry paper is going to remove the paint pretty
> quickly, and using
> the block will help make sure you remove the high
> spots first, anyway.
> 
> Red paint should have a very high pigment content,
> but even so it will
> be necessary to do two or three wet coats to cover
> the color underneath.
> If you didn't do a full primer coat underneath then
> it will take a
> couple more coats to really get even coloring.
> 
> Theo
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of DrMayf
> Sent: July 11, 2003 7:45 AM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net;
> tigers@autox.team.net; Alpine Mailing
> List
> Subject: New RED Paint....
> 
> 
> Well, yesterday, I sprayed paint on the SUnbeam
> shell. Awful results, in
> my
> opinion. So this morning I am going to wet sand the
> entire car to remove
> the
> nasties. Almost seems like this paint did not have
> enough pigment in it
> and
> is almost translucent. The grabber blue I sprayed in
> the cockpit seemed
> to
> be great, even though I missed a few spots. The car
> is naturally pitted
> in
> many places and I am ok with that but the other
> ...ugh. Color is ok,
> though.
> 
> I have some 300 grit or is this too coarse?
> 
> mayf


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