[Shop-talk] Painting a car again (for the first time)

[Doug Braun]

The scotch-brites work well because they uniformly
roughen up the old paint and are less likely to cut
all the way through edges, corners, etc.

But you can get them a lot cheaper than at the
hardware store.  At a swap meet, I got a bunch of
generic jumbo-size (4x8") pads for about 50 cents
each.

Also note that these pads come in varying degrees
roughness, depending on what sort of abrasive is
molded into the fibers.  On one end you have the wimpy
style for kitchen use.  Then there are some really
powerful types that will put deep scratches in
polished metal, etc.

Doug



--- Jim Stone <jandkstone99 at msn.com> wrote:

> My first step is to rough up the current finish and
> use a primer/surfacer.
> Things have changed a lot since I last painted.  I
> have seen recommendations
> to use Scotch Brite pads to clean and prep the old
> paint.  Do people just buy
> them at the hardware store, or are there specific
> ones made for this purpose?