Hello List, I have moved 3 times this year. WHEW! I cannot find my Kent-Moore flap wheel. It's in the mountain of boxes somewher in my house. I would like to touch up an area of my lower quarter panel. If anyone has an extra tool for sale, please email me. I will pay top dollar for another brand new tool. Sincerely, Michael Pack "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote: >The "best " answer is the finest grit that will remove the scratch. A >more practical answer is to try with 120-150 grit. If you want to be >really aggressive you can go all the way to #80 which is what I like >to use. Till you get good enough to do it in straight lines (in the >beginning it is very hard to go really straight, you tend to arc) use >masking tape for a guideline. On flat surfaces you can use a short >piece of 2 x 4 so you hold it flat and use even pressure. On curved >areas you can use a stiff sponge with the sandpaper wrapped around it. >Don't just work the scratch, work the whole area around it. When you >finish with the sandpaper do the whole area with a blending pad. Don't >get too excited about how shiny it now is. You can either do the whole >car with a blending pad or wait a week and it will "dull down". Stay >away from the plastic and fiberglass with the sandpaper and blending >pad. If you have to work close to it cover with masking tape. I like >the 3M blue stuff, it isn't so sticky and removes without any residue. >When you finish you could also rub the area down with alcohol to >remove the fine traces of sandpaper grit and S/S dust. Remember, you >are actually SCRATCHING ?the S/S so make sure you are going straight! >The graining is nothing more than surface scratches but all in the >same direction. >David Teitelbaum >vin 10757 > > >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "funkstuf" <funkstuf@xxxx> wrote: >> Ok guys.. >> Here's the million dollar question. >> What is the BEST way to remove small scratches from a Delorean. >> It appears that sandpaper will work if you have the right grit and >> are able to maintain a straight line. >> If this is true... What is the right grit? >> Any ideas welcome, including any or all equipments and methods. >> Thanks >> Dale Funk >> Vin # 4984 >> Washington State > > > >To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: >moderators@xxxx > >For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > >To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >