Anyone know what kind of sandpaper I need to sand my FC down? I want to tackle this project myself of sanding the car since it needs a paint job badly but dont know where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Another thing there is alot of Bondo on the left rear fender but would I remove that also

Thanks in advance

 

60,80,120,220,360,600,1000 and a good quality block. a orbital sander will help alot aswell. 60,80,120 use on the bondo, 120,220,360,600,1000 use to get down to bare and smooth out

 

^ What he said.

u can use dry for everything up to 400. Then 400 -600 up use wet sandpaper.

make sure to clean the dust inbetween each stage. There could be fine scratches(that can be a bitch to get out) if you don't. Just use one of those reusable 'tack cloth' things.

But that's for a show finish.

Basically the more time you take, the better the paint will look!

and be careful, bondo can get interesting........

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man thanks for all the feedback, I will definately start this weekend. It is going to be interesting but fun. I wouldn't dare to do this to my FD.

 

Are you planning on doing any bodywork (i.e. Bondo) on your car? If yes, go ahead and sand everything down with an 60-80 grit DA sander, do your bodywork and prime your whole car. If you are not planning on doing bodywork (or very little) I wouldn't mess with taking everything down to the metal. Especially the Bondo on your quarter panel. That bondo is there for a reason and by sanding it all down will reveal probably some prior panel repair and unless you want to see that, then you have to re-do that repair.

If you're planning on doing a quick bang-up job, just DA sand the whole car down with nothing more coarse than 320 grit. But before you do that... Surface preparation is very important so you want to strip ALL (as much as time will allow) wax/grease on your car otherwise whoever will be painting that car will be cussing up a storm about fish eyes. There are a number of products out in the market for this (just google it). You do not have to strip all the paint and primer off your car for a good paintjob.

This is just a gist of what you need to do, there are numerous details and explanations I have left out, but that should get you started. And of course, Google is your friend. Just about anything and everything can be found on the net nowadays, which is kind of cool and scary at the same time depending on how you look at it. GL!

P.S. Oh yeah, and whatever spots/areas you can't surface prep with your DA sander, use can use Grey (if your're patient), Red (if you're not patient) Scotchbrite to scuff.