You should get a D.A. (Dual Action) sander, you can do the jeep in about a
week with it. Then the rest of it , like in the corners on the inside, use
paint stripper or get a inexpensive siphon sand blaster for the little
stuff.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sixshoot45@aol.com <Sixshoot45@aol.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:30 PM
Subject: [MV] Sanding and body prep
>Hello to the list,
>
>I've been hand block sanding on and off on my Cj2a for months now. Trouble
>is, I don't seem to be getting anywhere. What do yall use for sanding on
>your MV's? A sand blaster is alittle to expensive for me right now, Do
>orbital sanders work ok? The prices on those seem reasonable. If those are
>good, who makes a good one?
>
>I don't mind the work, its just I spend hours on one piece of metal and I
>never can seem to accomplish anything. I put some primer on the body about
a
>month ago to make it one color [feels cleaner with the primer on it] after
a
>good bit of sanding, and the body is still WAY to rough to even consider
>painting.
>
>I will have lots of time over the next two 1/2 weeks because I am out of
>school for Christmas break. So would like to accomplish something on my
jeep.
>
>Any help would be appreciated,
>Denny
>'48 Cj2A
>
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