I Sanded my headlight buckets 10 min. ago well it took me a long time. I sanded by hand to bare metal. I thought i was in better shape! My hand and arm are scrap metal[]
Just thought i would share my pain im in for a real treat since im taking the whole car down to bare metal!!! damn im outta shape!

 

Yep im sanding down my whole car aswell but i just bough a skil 4" by 5" sander and a dual action air sander and it works very fast keep in mind your gonna have to sand the whole car again with some finer grit sand paper too like maybe #400 GRIT

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+1 they also have small ones that you can use for stuff like that its cheap but it works and they sell it at harbor freight for like $6

 

Needs alot of space.. needs alot of air from a compressor. I have a large compressor and it barely keeps up with a blaster.. Sanding is cheaper but much more work..

I have two cars in bare metal right now, they got that way with alot of sand paper and some sand blasting.. gonna do the underhood/front suspension of the Cougar today..

Just keep reminding yourself of what it will be like when its done... and that it could be worse.. If you want to see worse I have pics..lol

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If im goin to bare metal why do i need 400 grit?

 

you dont want deep gouges in the metal. So you dont want to use a heavy 40 or 80 grit right before layin down primer. if you do, they will show through. you dont want it smooth like a babys bottom, but you dont want it like a gravel road either. 400 is what you use after the body work is done.

its okay to use 80 to strip the paint. its what I am using on the DA and it works pretty well.. Hence the pics I posted..
Got any pics of yours?

 

I bought an abrasive wheel that I put on my CORDED drill. I tried it with my cordless and the battery died in about fifteen minutes. Welcome to Bondo hell.

 

craft paint stripper works wonders on small parts and large one also just make sure not to get in to the cracks in panel seams

 

Here is some of the buckets, (Primer-green-factory primer-metal)

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