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Rocklea qld
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February 2003
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scratches in paint
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Sat, 10 April 2004 03:13
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when you paint a car how bigger scratches will the paint cover up. Example- scratches from sanding and stuff.
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camden
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September 2003
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Re: scratches in paint
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Sat, 10 April 2004 08:56
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paint will fill 800grit sandpaper scratches...
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brisbane
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March 2003
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Re: scratches in paint
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Sat, 10 April 2004 09:44
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you just spray some spray putty on the rough areas then sand it back with some 4-800 grit sandpaper then paint over will give you a smooth finish
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Location:
Rocklea qld
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: scratches in paint
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Sat, 10 April 2004 21:23
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so before i paint it i should sand the whole car with about 800 grit paper then to remove as many scratches as i can. should i use wet and dry or normal paper on the sander. i know you use wet and dry just before you paint
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Location:
brisbane
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March 2003
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Re: scratches in paint
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Sat, 10 April 2004 23:51
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depends on how far you wanna sand down if you wanna sand it a fair bit down use a fairly corse wet and dry like a 120 or something then sand it smooth with a 4-800 paper wet and dry (when it is wet it works better)
then get spray putty to remove any inperfections in the sanding or old paint work whatever there is you can see then sand that with 4-800 grit wet then it should come up pretty smooth that is hw i do it whenver i paint parts of my car and it comes up well
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I supported Toymods
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melbourne.victoria.austra...
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June 2002
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Re: scratches in paint
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Sun, 11 April 2004 00:18
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if you have scratches and stuff from experience i found that the paint will magnify them!
(needless to say the scratches I'm talking about are from 80 grit to get into the paint)
i'm painting my celica today actually. well priming it before the color goes on - i've hit the celica with 2 coats of high fill rubbed back dry with 800 - it will then get a coat of primer which will be rubbed back wet with 1000 - then the color will get applied.
hope this helps
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Location:
camden
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September 2003
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Re: scratches in paint
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Sun, 11 April 2004 16:49
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ok these are the different stages, baremetal, etch prime, 4 coats of hi fill, black guide coat,then rub back with 400grit wet till no black guide coat left(if you rub through to bare metal in spots just use some primer surfacer to cover them),then apply another coat of the black guide coat, rub that back with 600grit wet and then 800grit wet till no scratches can be seen (if any spots are rubbed to bare metal again give a light coat of primer surfacer to cover them and then lightly rub them back with 800grit wet) now the top coat colour can be applied and no scratches should be seen....
goodluck dude,
ps make sure you always use a sanding block not an orbital or just hand....
cheers
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Location:
Rocklea qld
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: scratches in paint
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Sun, 11 April 2004 21:04
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Iver gone and got a block now because i thought the sander was doing some damages. I was filling some little dint with filler and sabding them back but ik was getting frustrated so i pulled out the 60 grit paper. now there are some scratches and thats why io trying to find the best way to remove them. Ill most likely sand the whole car down somemore and them putty it again and sand it. Ill just keep doing that in areas until it is smooth.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne.victoria.austra...
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June 2002
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Re: scratches in paint
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Sun, 11 April 2004 21:57
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hi fill *should* fill 60 grit lines.
if it doesnt, then, get some putty and skim over the top of it extremely finely and then use a 320 grit to remove that. then hi fill on top of that and all will be well.
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Location:
Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: scratches in paint
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Tue, 13 April 2004 02:29
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If you want to get rid of the 60grit scratches make sure that you just keep rubbing it out with finer paper until you get rid of the scratches. e.g 120, then 240, then 400 ect. For the beginer i would not take to the car with anything more than 120grit anything like 60 or 36 you are bound to stuff something up. Bear in mind if you are using an orital sander make sure that you sand it back in a back and forward motion with the sander flat, because if you start to sand back with the ends of the sander to sand a spot down you will end up with high and low spots and these will show up when you have finished spraying the car.
Good luck
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