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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 06:19 PM
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Default Which sanding paper?

If I just want to take off 1 coat of rattle clear, what grit should be good?
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 07:56 PM
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What is under the rattle clear?
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 09:21 PM
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what are you trying to accomplish?
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 10:10 PM
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Well, I'm trying to paint my lower airbox. I sanded it down for the most part but didn't get all of the texture in some spots. Sprayed a gloss black and came out fine, you couldn't see/feel the spots that still had slight texture. When I went to spray some clearcoat, it cracked in the spots that the texture was still there. If the top coat looked good though, I don't understand why/how the clear would go on bad if the top coat didn't.
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 10:34 PM
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40 grit on a d/a J/K I would try 1500 wet and see if that would work.
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 11:05 PM
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you can sand it with 800-1000 and reclear it
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