LandyBoy007 · Feb 21, 2018

Hi guys,

I have just bought myself an orbital sander that has 1-6 speed settings, 1 being slowest. What speed do I use for sanding discs grit 80-240?? People say speed 4-6 but that seems quite fast for the series 3 Aluminium?

Will

JohnM70 · Feb 21, 2018

Right, that thing will be great for starting with, but at some point, you're gonna need to put it away and break out the elbow grease.

Get yourself some sanding blocks - any auto paint shop will sell them to you - and get preppin'

If you go all-out with the orbital, you run the real risk of going back to bare metal and then spending hours filling and re-sanding.

Take your time.

jamesmartin · Feb 21, 2018

LandyBoy007 said:
Hi guys,

I have just bought myself an orbital sander that has 1-6 speed settings, 1 being slowest. What speed do I use for sanding discs grit 80-240?? People say speed 4-6 but that seems quite fast for the series 3 Aluminium?

Will

as fast as possible when removing material slower when finishing but as already said by hand at that point

LandyBoy007 · Feb 21, 2018

Alright thanks guys again!!
I have sanding blocks already so if I start at high speed through different grits that should be fine.
Thanks again
Will

Colthebrummie · Feb 21, 2018

My landy was hand painted (badly) by one of its previous owners. Now some of it is flaking off and bare metal is showing so I presume it wasn't given a primer coat first. I like the distressed look of my landy but the flaking paint will eventually force me to do something about it. I'm a bit worried now JohnM70 has said that about going back to bare metal making harder work. What do you think a pro body shop might charge to prep and spray a lwb station wagon?

Col

JohnM70 · Feb 21, 2018

Colthebrummie said:
My landy was hand painted (badly) by one of its previous owners. Now some of it is flaking off and bare metal is showing so I presume it wasn't given a primer coat first. I like the distressed look of my landy but the flaking paint will eventually force me to do something about it. I'm a bit worried now JohnM70 has said that about going back to bare metal making harder work. What do you think a pro body shop might charge to prep and spray a lwb station wagon?

Col

No, you misunderstood - if you go hell for leather with an orbital you RISK digging in and going back to bare metal, thus creating more work... if you WANT to go back to bare, carry on full-whip...
If you do go bare, you'll need Etch primer on the aluminium bits.

Colthebrummie · Feb 21, 2018

JohnM70 said:
No, you misunderstood - if you go hell for leather with an orbital you RISK digging in and going back to bare metal, thus creating more work... if you WANT to go back to bare, carry on full-whip...
If you do go bare, you'll need Etch primer on the aluminium bits.

Oh, thanks, that's a relief. I did misunderstand.

Col

Flossie · Feb 21, 2018

@LandyBoy007 , make sure the spindle lock isn't on else it acts like a grinder then. It's usually a knurled lump fitted between the body of the tool and the disk pad.

Joemac434 · Feb 22, 2018

Colthebrummie said:
My landy was hand painted (badly) by one of its previous owners. Now some of it is flaking off and bare metal is showing so I presume it wasn't given a primer coat first. I like the distressed look of my landy but the flaking paint will eventually force me to do something about it. I'm a bit worried now JohnM70 has said that about going back to bare metal making harder work. What do you think a pro body shop might charge to prep and spray a lwb station wagon?

Col

A bloody fortune!My mate was quoted 3k for a series 2.Only asked to see what he would save by us doing it ourselves but that's the ballpark number from4 different places round here(suffolk) I've now started to do it after total strip down,new chassis rebuild bulkhead engine gearbox blah blah,I'm doing it with spray coach enamel after etch primer and high build and the paint has cost £320If you can do it yourself you'll save a load of money

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