Sanding and repainting

[chimei]

hi all...

so i'm needing to paint my armor. it's been weathered all along, but i want to paint it so that it matches my LW helemt. i plan to use a 'magic eraser' to clean off the acrylic paint weathering, but i have some sanding scuffs, too. so here's the question:

 

what's the best way to sand the armor to get rid of older scuffs, sanding goofs that were turned into blaster spots, etc. so that i have a nice smooth surface to start over?

 

of course i'm going to weather it again...but want a consistant white on all the armor. i have no idea what grit, method, etc. to use for sanding...hence only used the plastic when i built it.

 

thanks

[Chex]

If you have to sand it, then I would just go with a high grit sand paper like..400-600 or higher. There may be other options, but when I repainted my KS bucket, I sanded, then wet sanded, then primed, painted, wet sanded, did that a couple more times and got the finish I was looking for.

[chimei]

high grit. got it. several passes to get surface smooth. got it. but by wet sanding, do you literally mean wet sandpaper or wet surface, or is this a technical term that i need to look up?

 

ask me a sewing question and i'm all over it...but i failed shop class

[Guest xphiledgex]

I went from 400 all the way up to 2000, then I used plastic polish and a buffer. It took the really high gloss out of the armor but I like the semi gloss look. You can go even finer to like 4000 but that you may need from a body shop supplier not sure