Hi Paul
I thought my 2000 saloon was sound and started D.A.ing it over ready for
painting, during this process I found so many tracks under the paint,
including two that went from the top of the rear wing where the chrome foot
at the bottom of the rear pillar trim is, down over the side of the wing,
met in a blob about an inch diameter halfway down the wing, then left there
as two separate tracks and finished at the wheel arch. Since then I have
nitromoresed it off taking care to leave a half inch band adjacent to seams
to finish with strip and clean discs so that there is no risk of stripper
reappearing from the seams to bite me in the bum!! The painter that is going
to do the respray is in a unit next door to where I am working and has lent
me his re-circulating spot blaster to get the seams clear, real neat tool to
have, beats my hand blaster into a cocked hat!
Anyway, that is why I ended up "back to bare metal".
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul@negia.net>
To: "triu autox" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:21 AM
Subject: 'down to the metal'- myth?
> I tend to agree with some "experts" who have said that unless there is
rust
> under the original factory paint, it is best to leave the original paint
coat
> in place and paint over it. Why, then, do so many folks boast of 'sanding
it
> down to the bare metal'?
>
> Thanks, Paul
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