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Originally Posted by mr2silvertop
All I am saying is don't take your car somewhere and expect that to be the way they prep it. Palm sander and orbital sander are usually interchangeable terms. I wasn't referring to a jitter bug. You can use a flexible block on contours so long as you know how to use it. Lastly don't go to a random hardware store and expect to get your supplies there. I'm just giving professional advice. It's not a matter of hating anyone.
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I see no problem using a random hardware store to get supplies in fact the supermarket will do if you know what you want, sandpaper from a paint shop and a hardware store should not be any different last I checked they were the same brand, and scotch brite pads (kitchen scrubs) are standard issue for painting primer round here. The part not to skimp on is the paint you have to buy the right thinners, paint and a good air supply plus paint gun that has the right tip and spray pattern for the paint being used. Cheap paint will come back to bite you and will not look as good compared to any quality paint, I've used white tin paint, PPG, Ameron, Bare-Co and everything inbetween it makes a huge difference. I also see a difference between palm sander and random orbital btw. My random orbital is a big hitachi that eats babies I would hardly consider it a palm sander
It does bonnets etc and the palmy does around the other bits.
It is user choice how the car is prepped if the car was worth a heap I would pay a lot more attention to detail but it takes a perfect body to do perfect paint and if it's a scrub and spray job there are going to be imperfections hence thick primer + spot coat and maybe a little knifing compund for little bits. I see nothing wrong with going higher grit and using a flexi-pad on the car but at the same time don't see the issue with a good eye and the palm of my hand it is all personal opinion and I can't see either producing bad paint I do know my car looks pretty smooth right now apart from the door I can't be bothered fixing, things came up now I just want it done so meh. The biggest worry now is the paint is going to be about $300-$400 when the car was $600