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Subject:Re: Painted the "Iron Igloo" today!
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Thu, 11 May 2000 02:19:34 +0200

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