Posted by chriscase on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 23:47:00 :
In Reply to: Re: Norton Rapid-Strip on a 9" grinder posted by Kevin in Ohio on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 14:09:46 :
I've used them on several trucks, and several machines- like crusty table saw tables that only got waxed afterwards. Did my whole current FFPW cab and doors.
Keep it moving, in a stripe about 2" by 6", whatever stroke feels good for your arms. For best life, keep the angle pretty low, like using paper discs. Don't wear just the edge, but make it wear into a low cone, like 10 degrees? You'll want a couple little ones for getting around the ribs in the dash. Or use flap wheels on a die grinder. It wouldn't need abnormal amounts of primer. Yeah, just you try and sand off 'a couple layers' and see how much primer/spot putty you would need. After you account for bondo on small dents and rust repairs, I was going to use a high-build polyester primer anyway. It took 1 1/2 of the big discs to do the cab and doors. Runs and poor blocking are my problem, not scratchs. I ran out of patience the day I decided I was gonna finish up that phase, now I'll have some touch up and rub-out to do...later...much later. It's been a good looking cab on a chassis since July. More Rapid Strip for fenders and hood next. Though the fenders were done and primed, like 20-25 years ago. I changed cabs after tearing it all down. So maybe the fenders will just need scuffing with 150?
I went with a light green, like on current Forest Service trucks. I don't know if there was any equivalent OE color from Dodge on the FFPWs? I've always thought that lighter colors don't make shadows that show up my class of body work...