Re: tips on painting fiberglass hood

From: Eric Jerman (ejerman69@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Jul 13 2002 - 14:29:37 EDT


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Tom" <tigers@bserv.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: DML: tips on painting fiberglass hood

>
> At 02:19 PM 7/13/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >Correct me if I'm wrong...but the lower the grit, the coarser the
paper...
> >so therefore you would have more sand scratches on the surface if you
used
> >400 grit than you would if you used a paper of higher grit, say about 600
> >grit(smaller sanding particles)....so 600 would be smoother than 400
> >grit...Correct? That is why you use 2,000 grit to wet sand the final
clear
> >before you do any buffing...
>
> Thanks again. Have saved you posts for future reference rather than
> depend on my memory.
>
> Bob
>
Bob,
  Not a problem at all...just keep in mind like I said before...I'm not
certified in autobody...but I have had some training...and when I get out of
the marines I am going to Nashville Auto Diesel college to get
certified...so I retained some of the info.
Eric Jerman>



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