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Title: Best way to prep for paint??
Post by: AxlFoley on February 18, 2008, 08:20 AM

Hopefully i will be getting my redline painted this week, i was wondering about prepping it for paint, it has had a light coat of paint over the factory paint, that needs to come off, but i was wondering if i should get it beed blasted, or weather a decent sanding would be ok,

any ideas would be cool

Thanks

Mark




   

Title: Re: Best way to prep for paint??
Post by: TwoBobRob on February 18, 2008, 09:53 AM

If you're having someone else paint it for you, then get it blasted.  It's very rare that the prep people does is ever good enough for the sprayer....  :)

Title: Re: Best way to prep for paint??
Post by: AxlFoley on February 18, 2008, 10:15 AM

yeah i was thinking that, should i go for something gentle like bead blasting, will sand blasting be to harsh? my mate has mentioned a blast powder, that its like talk to the touch!!

Title: Re: Best way to prep for paint??
Post by: TwoBobRob on February 18, 2008, 01:44 PM

I'm no expert to be honest, but I believe most commonly its media blasting thats used, and that is (I think) little plastic or nylon balls or summat?  Not quite as aggressive as an old fashioned sand/shot blast.

Someone should come along who knows what they're on about hopefully, and put us both straight   ;) :)

Title: Re: Best way to prep for paint??
Post by: geoffcrabble on February 18, 2008, 10:04 PM

get messy with the nitromoors son, then laquer the bare metal for the true 90's look!!!