Chemically stripping before sanding?

[Countersteer46]

Hi everyone! I found a practice hood this week that I am going to use for wet sanding. It needs a washing too and I figured this would be a good oppurtunity to practice the whole process beginning to end. So this is what I believe I'm supposed to do: Wash, rinse, apply Iron-X, rinse, dry, use clay bar, wipe off clay residue, start sanding. Here are my 3 questions. First, is it better to rinse off Iron-X, or rewash the car after applying it and then rinse it off? Second, after claying and wiping off clay residue, do I need to chemically strip the paint, or do anything else to it, or can I go right into sanding it? Finally, since this practice panel is OEM paint I figured it would be best to do an exact real life simulation. I was told dry sanding is best for OEM paint. Is that correct? Is that how I should do it? If there's an article already on AG about this, I'd love to read it!! Thanks, guys!!

 

[Setec Astronomy]

After claying, I don't think there is anything a chemical cleaner will remove that sandpaper won't. If it was me, I wouldn't dry sand.

Here's all of Mike Phillips' articles, you can scroll down to the sanding section: http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...ke-phillips/23722-articles-mike-phillips.html

 

[rmagnus]

Hi everyone! I found a practice hood this week that I am going to use for wet sanding. It needs a washing too and I figured this would be a good oppurtunity to practice the whole process beginning to end. So this is what I believe I'm supposed to do: Wash, rinse, apply Iron-X, rinse, dry, use clay bar, wipe off clay residue, start sanding. Here are my 3 questions. First, is it better to rinse off Iron-X, or rewash the car after applying it and then rinse it off? Second, after claying and wiping off clay residue, do I need to chemically strip the paint, or do anything else to it, or can I go right into sanding it? Finally, since this practice panel is OEM paint I figured it would be best to do an exact real life simulation. I was told dry sanding is best for OEM paint. Is that correct? Is that how I should do it? If there's an article already on AG about this, I'd love to read it!! Thanks, guys!!

IronX wash rinse clay rinse sand (dry or wet most lean towards wet sanding) rinse compound polish wax enjoy.

Dry sanding is fine the cut is less and you need to be extra careful keeping the paper clean. Wet or damp sanding cuts more because the paper is flushed out with the water. It's messy but safer IMO.