whoever said blocksanding was tedious?

After doing it for a living you can impress your friends by being able work the bbq without using any utensils and you can win money playing who can hold the lighter to their fingers longer! As for blocking, I use 120-150 grit for the first primer coat and then for blocking prior to paint I use 240 dry and then use 3m powder guide coat and 500 grit with a 3m hand pad wet. I have had excellent results and it is pretty fast. [/IMG]

 

Thats the way I plan on doing mine. Your paint looks pretty damn nice. Ill definitely be picking up some powder guide coat and a hand pad.

 

Lets play "What do I see in the reflection??" I see a '50's Chevy truck, .....

Thats some outrageous paint there! Yeah, you do nice work!

 

Is that Abbot and Costello in the backround?

 

The good thing about sanding your fingerprints off is that you leave less of a trace after robbing a bank.

 

Very nice! That is how I have my quarters pictured....in my head Thanks for a little inspiration!

 

I am ***uming there isnt a mechanical aide for this stuff?
I have seen the flat board sanders that are air powered those arent for this type of work are they?
I honestly can't wait till I am at this stage. Because it will mean I can be done with rust repairs!

I read in an article the guy sprayed a clear with a lot of hardener added so it would be very dry when it hits the paint and he then used it as a guide coat. He used it for sanding the clear coat but, would this be helpful when doing the stages of sanding prior to the wetsanding of the final clear?

 

No, no, and no. At least not for me. Powder is best. My favorite blocking tool is a paint stick. I prefer the larger ones from hardware paint depts. Most of those are also real wood. Our suppliers paint sticks are some celluloid mat'l made to look like wood. I especially like em for final blocking of the clear. Soak em for a bit and they conform very well and are easy to control. There's lots of opinions on this stage of the game. Most of em are right.

 

Great thread, I have been sanding for weeks on my project.I have experienced all of the things discuused here, swollen hands oc***ional bleeding,fustration( almost fell to the its good enough thing but restisted). Great tips here, AWESOME black paint on the Ford. Gary (Headed out to the shop to sand)