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Switched from 80 grit to 36 grit stripping to bare metal and cut my sanding time in half
I was burning through 80 grit discs on a 2019 F-150 hood last month at my shop and it was taking me almost 3 hours just to get down to bare metal. Grabbed a box of 36 grit on a whim and the same hood was stripped in about 75 minutes with way fewer discs. The coarse paper eats through clear and primer so much faster that you barely touch the base coat before you're done. Anyone else running 36 for stripping or am I late to this party?
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joel_martinez10d ago
Did you also spend years thinking 80 grit was aggressive? Because I sure did, and now I feel pretty dumb about all those discs I wasted. I run 36 on a DA for the heavy stuff and it cuts through that Ford clear like it isn't even there, though I do keep the speed down so I don't gouge the panel. One thing I learned the hard way is to step back up to 80 before primer so the scratches don't telegraph through.
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