MIRKA Abralon Sanding Discs

[xabo]

Headlight correction

 

[Mike Phillips]

Mike says it in terms of hand application, But I’d say the same for machine polishing, sanding, buffing ;

When hand sanding, yes you want to put some passion behind the pad or in this context, put some passion behind the sanding disc or backing pad.

When machine sanding headlights - you want to use some pressure, maybe about 5 pounds of pressed pressure to the face of the sanding disc.

The reason why is simply, you're trying to engage the abrasives with the plastic.

Of course, lighter pressure will also work, it will jut take longer.

Put some passion behind the pad!

Ah... I can easily tell you've been reading my writing for a few years now or watching recent Dr. B videos. Here's where that saying came from.

Put a little passion behind the pad by Mike Phillips

And just to note, I was really sad when I heard Dick Koeth passed away, this was back in 2005 or sometime near then. Dick was my writing mentor, and he taught me a lot about conveying thoughts and ideas via the written word.


Mike

 

[Mike Phillips]

What speed would you recommend when using a rotary?

As for speed, use what feels comfortable for you. When it comes to sanding plastic, you can sand slow or medium, trying to machine sand at a fast rate of speed leaves the realm of sanding and turns into grinding.

On the cordless PE-150 I would be on the 3-speed setting.

Work slow and methodical.

Mike

 

[Mike Phillips]

A couple of tips...

For this particular body style, it won't help a LOT to pop the hood, but when you do pop the hood, it will move any paint on the hood next to the plastic you're going to sand AWAY from the sanding action.

The paint on the hood does come very close to where your spinning backing plate will be moving, so I would pop the hood to move that paint away from the action.

Besides that, be sure to place at least 2-layers of painter's tape on all the surrounding paint. After seeing the pictures of a guy on one of the FB groups PULL paint OFF the car doing this same thing, (bad factory paint adhesion), so nowadays I would opt for a low tack tape.

Here's two options,

Scotch Delicate Surface - light purple in color

Frog Tape - yellow in color

Last week I taped off the fresh air grill on the 1968 Camaro I'm sanding and buffing because too often, the ribs that make-up a fresh air grill, doesn't always get as much pre-paint prep as easy to work areas like the middle of the hood.

Thus, when you or I go to remove tape off of these types of sensitive areas, sometimes we pull the paint off. Ouch.


Hope that helps...

Mike

 

[xabo]

Thanks for the replies!

 

[Dsholes78]

When hand sanding, yes you want to put some passion behind the pad or in this context, put some passion behind the sanding disc or backing pad.

When machine sanding headlights - you want to use some pressure, maybe about 5 pounds of pressed pressure to the face of the sanding disc.

The reason why is simply, you're trying to engage the abrasives with the plastic.

Of course, lighter pressure will also work, it will jut take longer.





Ah... I can easily tell you've been reading my writing for a few years now or watching recent Dr. B videos. Here's where that saying came from.

Put a little passion behind the pad by Mike Phillips

And just to note, I was really sad when I heard Dick Koeth passed away, this was back in 2005 or sometime near then. Dick was my writing mentor, and he taught me a lot about conveying thoughts and ideas via the written word.


Mike

I’ve been on the wagon for some time. So I was ecstatic to get to chat on the telephone a little while back. I love doing what we do, at the level we do it at I should add, and when you find someone who has the same passion as you it’s something we could chat about for hours.