What's wrong with sanding like this?

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:26 pm
If I'm a DIY'er with no experience and not expecting showroom qualify results, can I just sand my car down like this, hit it with some primer and just repaint the same color?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4OZVbS ... ittCustoms

I have an 03 Mustang GT with faded paint all over, just a project car to see what it's like.

What do y'all think? I like his idea of switching out sandpaper often and just getting it all outta the way real quick. 9 minutes and 20 seconds into the video

Or is doing it by hand the way to go?

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 7:09 am
If the clearcoat has failed, like in the video, then the only way is to take it all back to bare metal. You can do that with a DA and P40 but there are better alternatives. If you just scratch up the surface like he has and paint over, even with a primer, then you're building on an unsound base and the new paint will fail. That's a lot of effort, paint, sandpaper and time wasted.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 7:40 am
Another YouTube hack!



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 12:25 pm
the video, :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: THATS FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:44 pm
What's wrong with sanding like this?

everything

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 6:21 pm
chopolds wrote:Another YouTube hack!


Yeah, it's pretty sad that videos like this are posted and that people actually believe what's in them and follow such poor advice.

Still, I did like one of the top comments
Channel should be bigger than what it is.


Nope.
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