Date:         Wed, 10 May 2000 21:43:54 -0500
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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From:         Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      Re: Painted the "Iron Igloo" today!
Comments: To: Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>
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Yup - only 320 grit. Would have done it if I had some 800 and more time -
but I didn't have a helper, either - and a van is kinda big.

If I was doing a base and clear coat, I think I would have HAD TO.

Marshall

>
>
>Marshall Ruskin wrote:
>
>> To make this concept of hard work more concrete, consider that the entire
>> black guide coat was wet-sanded OFF with 320 grit wet/dry sandpaper by
>> hand - with lots and lots of water.
>
>You'll of course see any low spots in the finish, you'll see the black in
the
>tan primer. But you used 320 grit only? I helped my friend wet-sanding his
1970
>MB a few years ago. We used 800 grit to sand off the guide coat before the
gloss
>black was misted over the car. It was almost as shiny before as after the
paint
>was applied.
>
>PerL
>87 Syncro 112i
>
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