acceptable finishes
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I’ve just started at a new shop that is wanting me finish my plastic in 240. is this the new norm? The last two shops I was at we finished in 80 or 120.
I use very little filler but I finish it with 180 and if possible I will soften it with 220 a little. Too fine isn’t good for adhesion of surfacer but too coarse and the scratches appear after complete cure.
Finer better but not too fine…80 to coarse
100 not end oh world
180 adequate
240 your callI think 120 is a good enough finish, I find it hard to cut it straighter the finer you go.
150 or 180 is the most common throughout my experience of working at other shops. 240 seems a bit overkill, but if you are getting paid hourly, so be it. if you are flat rate, i’d put up a fight.
if somebody was making me finish off plastic in 240, i’d probably finish my filler in 100 or 120 and then put a super tight coat of poly on just to fill the scratches since you’ve already got it straight and 240 that out.I stop with 180. With the price of paper these days Im surprised more shop owners are using 240, seems like overkill to me. :blink:
Finish with 180, quick pass with 220,
Our shop finishes in 120
everytime i step out to a grit that fine ya might as well kiss that perfectaly strait panel good bye imo paint maybey but not filler usally ive noticed that the paint feathedge shrinks more than the filler any way about 120 is as far as i go on plastic anything finer then things have a way of geting lumpy if ya know what i mean:huh: :huh:
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