| Image Comments |
| mark eggebeen | 24-Jun-21 22:46 |
| back to the real camera |
| mark eggebeen | 26-Jun-21 17:18 |
| I’ve been having trouble when I sand primer over spackel…the sandpaper cuts through and gouges the spackel ! I switched to regular “hard” filler and that seemed to do the trick . So..hard filler from now after priming. |
| bobgood | 26-Jun-21 21:14 |
| That's interesting Mark! I have the same problem with spackle (too course} - What is "regular "hard filler? |
| Don C | 27-Jun-21 14:21 |
| 2 questions: What kind of primer are you using and what grade sandpaper? I use a sandable auto primer and usually 220 grade at this point, but occasionally the same problem crops up. |
| David Duckett | 27-Jun-21 14:47 |
| Regular sandpaper is made on stiff paper. Wet/dry sandpaper is made on a more flexible paper. The advantage is that wet/dry lessens your chances of getting a crease in the paper and it’s the crease that gouges into the filler. The direction of sanding also affects the outcome. |
| bobgood | 27-Jun-21 18:34 |
| Very good advice from David there - I always use wet-n-dry for any "finishing" work, once the main contours are done. |
| mark eggebeen | 27-Jun-21 22:31 |
| the hard stuff is : durham rock hard with rustoleum primer 220 grit sandpaper and some 600 wet/dry paper |
