Sanding

[Codegen]

Just a little question about sanding, I hear you don't want to sand the side panels down to the bare metal. Is this true?

 

[Waffles730]

Steel or aluminum? I sanded my aluminum down to the metal, polished it and it's fine. I don't see why it would hurt steel either, as long as you're painting over it again so it doesn't rust.

 

[SB22]

I guess it depends on what your doing. If you don't sand all the way down, I guess you could skip using primer. On the cases i've painted, i've always sanded down to the bare material and started the paint process with primer.

 

[Codegen]

I believe it's steel.

It's this case: http://www.startech.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?ProductID=ATXMID430V&mt=

Reason why I want to repaint it, is that It's got a shitload of scratches on it.

 

[KrakenGuy]

Use a hand held circular sander and sand it down to bare metal. Then grab some high grit sand paper and start wet sanding until its a really shiney finish or damn near shiney.

Next, grab some rubbing alcohol and clean the surface. Apply primer.

Wet sand again with a high grit sand paper. Clean the surface again. Then apply another layer of Primer until its perfect.

This is a type of technique i'd use to make a nice shiney side panel.

 

[joeyguy]

Use a hand held circular sander and sand it down to bare metal. Then grab some high grit sand paper and start wet sanding until its a really shiney finish or damn near shiney.

Next, grab some rubbing alcohol and clean the surface. Apply primer.

Wet sand again with a high grit sand paper. Clean the surface again. Then apply another layer of Primer until its perfect.

This is a type of technique i'd use to make a nice shiney side panel.

dont forget the tack cloth either

the stuff will save you headaches when you find a hair has suddenly give you a metal line in the middle of your paint job

 

[Codegen]

Tack cloth?

 

[The Snail]

it is sticky and cleans off small particles you should be able to find them at most hardware stores