Grain of Sandpaper????

Ford SportTrac Forum

Help Support Ford SportTrac Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

Boodrodon Dykes

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jun 3, 2005
Messages
674
Reaction score
0
Location
Frisco, TX
Im painting my interior trim and i wanted to know, JK ll or Larry Phillips or any one else that has done it, what grain of sandpaper did you use to sand the original paint off?







Boodro
 
Boodro, if you start out with too heavy of a grit, it will take you longer. Use at least 220, then finer if you want it smoother.
 
Tiger, the original paint started coming off on him for some reason....

Todd Z
 
Todd Z is right, i primed then painted, and the original paint started to crack and make the new one crack with it, im going to try really fine sand papper. Thanks for the help!





boodro

 
Last edited by a moderator:
It sounds like the paint you used caused a reaction with the original paint. You might have sprayed too heavy, or the temperture didn't make the paint dry quickly enough. There are reducers in spray paint, that evaporate after they are exposed to the air. It's a paint thinner pretty much.. Once all the paint thinner evaporates, the paint is dry. If you sprayed the paint on too thick, the paint thinners take longer to evaporate, and will start "thinning" the original paint, which causes the original paint soften, which will cause "cracking". It'll look like a spider web sometimes.



Also, you said you primed it. If you didn't wait long enough before painting over the primer, basically the same thing will happen, because the primer isn't "set" or "cured". It reacts to the thinning chemical, and softens just the same. That's probably what happened in your case. That's why it's extremely important to spray several thin layers, instead of a few thick layers. If that thinner doesn't evaporate fast enough, you'll get a big mess, and have to start all over.
 
Ah, I thought you meant the factory original paint....



220 is good to remove the paint, rough enough to get the job done, but not gouge the plastic to crap and back...
 
I thought about the same thing, in which i didnt wait enough for the primer to dry, but earlier when i started another piece, i only did one coat of primer, and noticed that the original paint was starting to crack within 3 minutes. Im using adhesive primer, might that be the problem?/





Boodro
 
Last edited by a moderator:
I'd definately give it a good sanding before painting. For what ever reason, when I painted my interior trim the first time, the stock silver started bubbling and spiderwebbing under the new paint. once I sanded it off, started again, and took my time, it worked much better. On the mirage paint on my interior, I believe I used 3 coats of primer, 5 coats of color, and 2 to 3 coats of clearcoat. Have fun!
 
Boodro,



You might look into a spray-on adhesion promoter like Bulldog.



Edit: Never mind, looks like you had that covered.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Top