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jh

03-25-2008 18:42:20




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I been painting my sheet meatal was doing quite well untill to day i painted my fuel tank an got a run what would be the proper way of taking that out an repainting the tank again just wet sanding or sanding with 600 or 400 it is urethane type paint with harder au 300




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PaulW_NJ

03-29-2008 18:33:58




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 Re: Sheet metal in reply to jh, 03-25-2008 18:42:20  
You have to first remove the thicker paint of the run. Auto body suppliers sell a run file, which is just an inch long hunk of file that you use to cut out the run without damaging the good paint around the run. A razor blade, as mentioned, will work but is harder to control. Once you get the bulk of the run removed, then do the wet sanding mentioned. Once the run is leveled with the paint around it, go over the entire area with a Scotchbrite pad to roughen up the surface. Then you can repaint and the new paint's reducer should eat into the old coat and smoothe the entire area out,covering the run.

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Mark-IA

03-26-2008 06:53:41




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 Re: Sheet metal in reply to jh, 03-25-2008 18:42:20  
Go to town and buy a pack of straight razor blades. Take 1 blade and scrape with the run until it is smoothe with the surrounding paint. You can then wetsand and repaint.



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Circus

03-26-2008 06:20:41




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 Re: Sheet metal in reply to jh, 03-25-2008 18:42:20  
Try the easiest first. If it doesn't work then repaint. Easiest is to wet sand with 1000 then 1500 using a plexiglass backing, just sanding the high points then polish. Dosen't work with metallic paint unless cleared though.



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Circus

03-26-2008 06:24:48




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 Re: Sheet metal in reply to Circus, 03-26-2008 06:20:41  
Your prep sugestion would work fine. Nothing shiny.



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