sanding to bare metal & polishing?

[0rang3peel]

My golf bonnet needs repainting as some chump did a terrible rattle can job on it! I was thinking of doing something funky so thought maybe I will get it to a bare metal state polish it up as best I can and then lacquer it!

I don't have any power tools so do you reckon it would be better to sand it down by hand with a variety of different grade papers or what about paint stripping it & then polishing it up? Also with regards to polishing it im guessing its going to be a massive ball ache without any power tools?

[wadoryu]

sand it with different grades. it will be a bitch to do by hand. have fun

[J222JRA]

Interesting idea.....if i was you i would cover the thing in automotive paint stripper to get the paint off instead of sanding it.

[marcusd]

Interesting idea.....if i was you i would cover the thing in automotive paint stripper to get the paint off instead of sanding it.

would that work for the whole car? other cars paint job is so bad, and really can;t be arsed to sand it all, so automotive paint stripper or nitromors do the job good enough and just sand up the bad parts?

[J222JRA]

would that work for the whole car? other cars paint job is so bad, and really can;t be arsed to sand it all, so automotive paint stripper or nitromors do the job good enough and just sand up the bad parts?

It will totally strip the paint back to bare metal matey and its very easy to do......apply the stuff...leave it to eat through the layers of paint and then wash it off.

[marcusd]

so from there sprayer will prime it stright away or will it need a bit of sanding work? reackon might save a few quid off price if i do main prep work

[J222JRA]

so from there sprayer will prime it stright away or will it need a bit of sanding work? reackon might save a few quid off price if i do main prep work

Would just need a quick sanding to create a key for the paint matey.

[marcusd]

lovely. one more question, is this stuff cheap?

[Silver2000saxo]

Sounds like graft, Chrome vinyl wrap??

[J222JRA]

lovely. one more question, is this stuff cheap?

Hell yeah....a tub is like £10

[marcusd]

top stuff.
and to reply to op polished bonet may look the dogs

[J222JRA]

ooohhhh actually guys....its a bad idea. I have a bare aluminium westfield....i polished that to a mirror finish......on sunny days you end up blind for like a month.

[dannygti]

ooohhhh actually guys....its a bad idea. I have a bare aluminium westfield....i polished that to a mirror finish......on sunny days you end up blind for like a month.

do you? got any pics?? (hi-jack)




for op,

as said, paint stripper and try 800grit new sandpaper. im not sure if the laquer will stick to bare metal very well??

[MikeyW]

so from there sprayer will prime it stright away or will it need a bit of sanding work? reackon might save a few quid off price if i do main prep work

Alot of body shops are reluctant to take on parts already prepped as they like to do it themselves usually so they know the work has been carried out by them.

[0rang3peel]

do you? got any pics?? (hi-jack)




for op,

as said, paint stripper and try 800grit new sandpaper. im not sure if the laquer will stick to bare metal very well??

Yeah, that's a good point about it not sticking to bare metal so well but I'm sure it will be ok... I have done bike frames the same way and it has worked. I think the lacquer may take some of the shine from it though which will be a bit gay.

This is going to be an experiment because the bonnet is completely fucked anyway so worst case scenario I will just get it re-painted by a body shop

[marcusd]

could u not chrome spray the bonnet? then lacquaring would be fine supposidly

[0rang3peel]

could u not chrome spray the bonnet? then lacquaring would be fine supposidly

Could, but I think it would look really cheap,tacky & generally shit.

[CHIP]

do you? got any pics?? (hi-jack)

He's a complete car whore haha. He knows how to keep himself busy haha :P

[L20VTS]

Chrome powdercoat?

[geordie_alex]

If the bonnet has had any filler on it then it will look shite after you take the paint off and realise its got p38 allover it to fill the indents in. I think the chrome wrap would be the best plan IMO

[grant_evans]

pleaseeeeee dont wrap it in chrome, will look awful. polished would look pretty cool though imo.

[0rang3peel]

I can guarantee it won't be wrapped in chrome. Or sprayed with wank chrome paint that never really looks chrome. I will stripper it & polish it up... if it looks crap its only a cheapy bonnet so no worries really I will just get it sprayed back plain black :). I'm going to attempt it when I have a bit of time

[readie]

i would paint stripper it and then wet sand it at about 1500grit and then use a machine poliser to the get perfect surface and mirror finish! would me much easier with a wet sanding pad on the polisher but to sand it by hand might be a bitch!