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Old 01-06-2015, 12:49 PM   #1025
Kabwe
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Re: My 57 Pro Street

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Originally Posted by Kim57 View Post
I'm just dry sanding at this point.
Not sure how wet sanding would work with the dry guide coat. It may just rinse it off.
As you can tell I'm new at this part of the build.

Kim there is no need to wet sand before painting. I also use the dry guide coat and it works great. Finish off your block sanding with 600 grit (solid and less transparent metallic colors you can get away with 400 grit but 600 grit is safe) before applying your base coat and you will be fine. You can save all your wet sanding and buffing once your finished painting to get rid of any imperfections.

Another point about block sanding that can lead to mistakes is this. Let the sand paper do the work. In other words don't muscle and push down hard while sanding. Just let the black guide across the panel in an x pattern. Applying pressure will lead to problems.

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