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fiberglass paint preping

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in about ready to paint my 65 coupe but first i need to 'prep' my hood and front valence. they are both gelcoated black. what do i need to do to prep this for paint? sand it rough or what? thanks guys
 

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Use a rough pad and use that to rough the panels up. Then just make sure to tack it down so it's all clean.
 
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rough pad like a 80 grit paper on a block? what do i tack it down with?
 

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19mustang65 said:
rough pad like a 80 grit paper on a block? what do i tack it down with?
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A rough pad like a scotch brite pad. You will then want to wipe it down with a cleaner such as 3812 to remove and oily resudue from your fingers as well as anything else that may be on the panels
 
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