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HOW DO I SAND MY ENGINE BAY ON MY 72GTS |
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SocalTorino 
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 Topic: HOW DO I SAND MY ENGINE BAY ON MY 72GTSPosted: 03-October-2011 at 12:56PM |
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Hi I'm going to put my rebuilt 400M back into my 72gts. But before that I wanted to sand and paint my engine bay.
But I don't know what to use. Hand sand or air sander. Hand sand looks like a lot of hard work and won't look as good. But air sander looks like it will be too ruff. Let me know what you have used? Edited by SocalTorino - 03-October-2011 at 12:57PM |
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ilyes
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Posted: 03-October-2011 at 1:01PM |
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use a DA for the open spot and a wire brush for corners, you might want to smooth the heater core area as well as it's not really smooth from factory. If you have access to a sand blaster, it will make the job a lot easier.
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SocalTorino
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Posted: 03-October-2011 at 1:38PM |
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Okay cool thanks.
Would a High Speed Rotary Sander be too ruff? |
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ilyes
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Posted: 03-October-2011 at 3:02PM |
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no, make sure you use some thin grit sand paper
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lynchster
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Posted: 03-October-2011 at 5:56PM |
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An orbital sander would be prefered for open spaces. You can use scotch brite pads for hand sanding, they conform better than sandpaper.
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Chuck
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simon455
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Posted: 04-November-2011 at 2:25PM |
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scotch brite works great on grooved, uneven surfaces like firewall etc
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Eliteman76
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Posted: 12-November-2011 at 7:52PM |
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When I stripped my firewall, I used a couple different things.
Standard Abrasives Britestrip discs/wheels mounted on a 4.5 inch electric grinder:  I also used a small 2" abrasive disc in 80-120 grit in bad areas, like this:  3M sells a nice kit that is referred to as a NTN {no tools needed} kit for quick change of discs for different tasks. I like the britestrip discs because they do a good job of cleaning to bare steel without gouging the metal. Only thing is you need to watch sharp corners, or the BS material likes to grenade, and hurts a bit if hit just right. Here is a shot of my GTS 7-8 years back, I had the entire front off the car. Much easier to work on it with all the parts out of the way. I had to dig around, this was from 2003:  Edited by Eliteman76 - 12-November-2011 at 7:52PM |
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