jon-valver
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Registered: 28th Mar 10
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duin my arches and front and back bumstrips, took me 2 hours just to get the front bumstrip sanded. will a sander make things a lot easier or are they a waste of time?
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Steve
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quote: Originally posted by jon-valver
bumstrip
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DannyB
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Why has it took you that long, bumpers will only need a light key before primer.
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
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If you dont smooth the textured bits it will crack
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SnK
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Yeh def buy a sander. You can get a mouse sander from homebase for like £25... It's buying the extra sanding pads that's costly, £8 a pop.
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am4nf
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Lidl have a orbital and mouse one for £20 each and the pads are £3
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Adam_B
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quote: Originally posted by am4nf
If you dont smooth the textured bits it will crack
No it wont? It will just show the texture, orange peel effect.
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
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Ive been told by a few paint places it would....
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John G
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quote: Originally posted by am4nf
Ive been told by a few paint places it would....
it wont
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Vish@Petervardy
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you want the paint to feel smooth and flat to touch before spraying....
i hate sanding suckkkkkkkkks! did my mr2 by hand took 3 full days
get a sander if you value your hands lol
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Colin
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Ive just started stripping down my OEM M3 19's. Pretty hard going.....next stage is going to be worse right enough sanding & then polishing.
Love it
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Mark B
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quote: Originally posted by am4nf
If you dont smooth the textured bits it will crack
it wont i just gave it a key and high build primered it then flatend it
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ash-ov-boro
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i sanded all the textured bits out me & ma mate took us hours .. by hand too hans where sore as fck re-doing them propperly this time .. just waiting for the weather to warm up a bit
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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quote: Originally posted by am4nf
Ive been told by a few paint places it would....
they probably told you that so they could charge you more, just needs a key up, adhesion promoter and high build, rub down and paint
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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ed
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You'll never get it smooth and even enough either if you try and take off all the texture, especially if you go doing it with an electric sander...
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jon-valver
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well how does everyone else do it lol?
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ed
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Key it up, use some plastic primer and then use some high build primer on it and rub it down smooth. Just as Tom said...
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Tomnova16
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http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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jon-valver
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what does "key it up" mean lol? gonna get a lecy sander tmoz to save me some time sanding the back bumper and arches.
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ed
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Sanding off the sheen. The plastic also has a tendency to go furry if you sand it too much, it's a fucking pain in the arse to get it in a paintable state again if you do that too. Trust me
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Tomnova16
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you can burn off the burrs with a lighter
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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jon-valver
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well i sanded the front today, started with p40 then 80 then 400 then 600. and still need to give it a bit more.....shall i use just plastic primer then high build primer? then give it another sand then plastic primer? this takes the piss......lol
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Ingham
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Don't bother with primer on plastic just put the paint straight on if it's been keyed.
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