What grit sandpaper to use to strip paint?

[Palmer]

I'm going to do my best to do as much prep work before the z goes to paint. That being said, what grit sandpaper should be used to strip the paint down to the metal? Also, what tools?, circular sander?, what speed? preferrred body filler for dents?

Thanks guys.

[overkill032]

man if i was you i would just buy some aircraft stripper. cause sanding takes to long. and the body filler i have used rage extreme it seems to work for me and thats what we use in our autobody class. and a tip on body filler every golf ball size of filler add a thin inch of hardner. i hope i helped you. Logan

[beandip]

I'm going to do my best to do as much prep work before the z goes to paint. That being said, what grit sandpaper should be used to strip the paint down to the metal? Also, what tools?, circular sander?, what speed? preferrred body filler for dents?

Thanks guys.

If you are planning on removing all the paint and primer to bare metal you are making a lot of unneeded work for your self. Unless the paint and primer is all bad to the bone there isnt the need to remove it all. If you use striper it will remove everything , even the good stuff that you don't want removed like the little fillers the factory used on the flaws in the steel and such. All this will need to be added again. I have just gone through this on my Z . Proper preping the car for paint is a vary big job if you do it right and a mess if you do it wrong. I used 220 grit on a random orbetal sander to go over the whole car , 60 where I needed to work on any rust . I removed any bondo found because many people don't know how to prep for fillers. escanlon is a great sorce of info for this area , send him a PM . Good luck with the project . Gary

[overkill032]

Yeah i would agree if you really dont know what ur doing it can be mess. And if the stock paint is on there just scuff it with a scotch brite pad and primer over that. It would reduce time and go down to the metal in high or low spots and fill it or do hammer and dolly work put if you dont know how i would suggest not doing it you would be doing more damage to your body.

Logan