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Old 03-29-2006, 12:40 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by 2001GTPEWTER
Soaking the paper helps control the amount of water you get on your newly sanded surface, it also helps you use one piece of sandpaper longer than with one dry piece, the soaked sand paper fills up with paint slower than with dry.
What the crap are you talking about? It is necessary to keep the paper and the surface extremely wet/clean, but there is no need to soak the paper overnight. That is ridiculous.

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Getting the entire car wet may result in your job ending up uneven after the first sanding, you want to sand more than once.
Huh? Have you EVER even done any of this crap you're talking about?

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Believe me I'm sure classic car owners WILL take several weeks or months to prep and paint (not fix and assemble) but its not completely necessary.
Right...it's only necessary if you don't want a paint job that looks like trash.
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