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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