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Old 11-06-09, 08:26   #10 (permalink)
Accumulator
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Re: Recommendations for Wet Sanding Lacquer Paint

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Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin View Post
Accumulator, when you say "fairly mild wool pad" would the PFW meet that criteria, or is that too fine?
I was thinking more along the lines of the Edge blue wool, the PFW would probably be OK but more aggressive.

[Repeat my broken record: "man, I wouldn't wetsand it..." ]

Are you *sure* it's lacquer and not enamel? I ask because some ss enamels don't respond well to wetsanding and I mean you'll kill that paint dead.

I myself would be OK with some residual marring on ss, it's just not like b/c with regard to how significant such stuff is (just IMO of course). While b/c often needs to be (at least clost to) flawless to look OK, ss can look nice even when it's pretty messed up. It's just....I dunno, *different*.

BUt yeah, the PC with 4" pads can usually handle ~2K sanding scratches, esp. with the little PFW pads. It can take some doing though.

I was thinking of the rotary with regard to pigtails from aggressive products, and also "smooth cutting" of the ss paint, which will probably cut differently than b/c usually does (note all the "probably"/"usually" disclaimers ).

I can't help but wonder what Mike Phillips would say
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