FYI FORD MustangSteve's Ford Mustang Forum / SANDING DOWN TO METAL ON MY S10..IKNOWIMGONNASANDS10ANDSEEHOWITGOES

**Posted by BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA** 10/04/2017 9:58 PM

I NEED TO KNOW WHAT GRIT IS OK TO USE IT TRUCK IS A 1992 NAVY BLUE S10 AND THE CLEAR COAT IS PEELING OFF IN PLACES AND HAS HAD A LITTLE BONDO HERE AND THERE IT APPEARS. A FRIEND TOLD ME TO SAND IT DOWN TO METAL AND TO USE 180 GRIT ON A ORBITAL SANDER.
I BOUGHT SOME 180 GRIT AND IT DONT SEEM TO BE DOING TO SWOOFT....I BEEN READIND WHERE PEOPLE WERE USING 80 GRIT AND THEN GOING BACK OVER IT WITH 180. MY PLANS ARE JUST TO DO A FLAT BLACK PAINT JOB ON IT...I PUT A COWL INDUCTION HOOD ON AND A NEW SET OF CORVETTE RALLYS, ALL NEW LIGHTS,TAIL LIGHTS AND PARKING LIGHTS. BOUGHT A PAINTABLE FRONT BUMPER AND WILL BE PUTTING A ROLL PAN ON BACK. JUST GONNA BE A LITTLE RUN AROUND TRUCK.
MOST OF YOU KNOW ME AND KNOW I WILL BE PAINTING THE MUSTANG NET ...BUT KINDA WANTED TO TINKER AROUND WITH TRUCK TO PRACTICE ON A LITTLE AND KNEW THERE WERE SOME GOOD FOLK ON HERE THAT WOULD KNOW.

**Posted by mxjeffb** 10/05/2017 6:44 AM

I took my stang to bare metal with 80grit and epoxy primed, body filler finished sand 180 and then high build 2K primer for blocking with 180. I did finish blocking with 320

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**Posted by Richardsom** 8/15/2018 10:57 PM

Unless you remove all the metal, youll never get it to lay down smooth unless you buy all new pieces.

**Posted by josh-kebob** 8/16/2018 1:41 PM

Richardsom wrote:
Unless you remove all the metal, youll never get it to lay down smooth unless you buy all new pieces.

If you remove all the metal tell me what's left to paint........a memory?

**Posted by RV6** 10/25/2018 4:20 PM

On my 67 I used a wire wheel on my 4" grinder. Remember to wear safety glasses and such as when a wire cuts loose it can do damage.

**Posted by True74yamaha** 5/06/2019 12:00 AM

Impossible to say with out pictures. Best practice is treat the job like you are fixing individual panels. Take a breath and Dont overwhelm yourself.
Personally If you want to get an accurate gauge on each panel to see if there is filler. You can use a mill gauge and check the mill thickness of each panel. 92 If the vehicle didn't ever have any repair done to any panels the gauge should read about 8 to 10 mills That is within normal range. 20 is excessive but not unusual for custom paint jobs to be this thick. Say your ride is within 8to12 mills you are safe to repaint the car. If the gauge reads any Thicker and you increase the chance of chipping.

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