Sanding down painted car

[csouth]

Hello all,



So my car had some cheapo paint on it done by a dealer to get it off the lot. There are places where the paint is actually flaking off of the car and you can see a smattering of primer and the original color. I would love to be able to sand those areas and start to remove the paint to have to decent surface as i plan to wrap the car for the time being.

I'm trying to find the recommended grit to start with? I figured I shouldn't be too aggressive with it as I'm not trying to go for bare metal.
Should I use a flap disc or an orbital sander?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Tincup]

Random orbit sander with some 320 should work good, but not be too aggressive.

[dhutton]

Applying a wrap over paint with adhesion issues might be a little problematic. I would sand all that paint off before attempting the wrap.

To remove the paint I would try 120 grit. Follow it up with 220 if needed.

Rather than sand it off you could try scraping it off with razor blades.

Don

[jlcustomz]

For loose areas you can also try lifting weak paint with a strong tape such as duct tape. Rub it on hard & leave a length as a grab handle,

[csouth]

Applying a wrap over paint with adhesion issues might be a little problematic. I would sand all that paint off before attempting the wrap.

To remove the paint I would try 120 grit. Follow it up with 220 if needed.

Rather than sand it off you could try scraping it off with razor blades.

Don

Yeah, I want to remove the poorly applied paint to get to the original paint which is not flaking. They don't appear to have done anything besides "prime" on top of the original paint and spray.

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Random orbit sander with some 320 should work good, but not be too aggressive.

For loose areas you can also try lifting weak paint with a strong tape such as duct tape. Rub it on hard & leave a length as a grab handle,

Thanks guys, I will start there.

[1965gp]

I would think you would go through a lot of 320 discs as it will probably clog up pretty quick. I would use the 120

[badazz81z28]

I would think you would go through a lot of 320 discs as it will probably clog up pretty quick. I would use the 120

seems pretty aggressive to me, that will easily take you down to metal! I would start with 600.

[1965gp]

I guess it depends on what kind of paint we are talking about. I was assuming this was a thick single stage paint job

[csouth]

I guess it depends on what kind of paint we are talking about. I was assuming this was a thick single stage paint job

Actually the paint is not thick at all. I'm going to mess with it after I finish my latest winter update to the motor.