MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Gmac on December 23, 2018, 09:15:42 am

Title: Smoothing the gti side skirts ready for paint...
Post by: Gmac on December 23, 2018, 09:15:42 am

Hi guys...

How would i go about smoothing the gti side skirts which i have got but haven’t fitted yet..

Any help would be great... search function in here isn’t working so cant read back as to what people have done before.. :happy2:

Title: Re: Smoothing the gti side skirts ready for paint...
Post by: andy7ven on December 23, 2018, 01:37:13 pm

Sanding and high build primer...

Title: Re: Smoothing the gti side skirts ready for paint...
Post by: Gmac on January 17, 2019, 08:39:21 pm

Quote from: andy7ven on December 23, 2018, 01:37:13 pm

Sanding and high build primer...

Cheers, so sanding wise... just go at it with say an 80 grit sand paper?

Title: Re: Smoothing the gti side skirts ready for paint...
Post by: TomF on January 22, 2019, 11:10:14 am

Anything like a 180 or 220, or even a 320 would give enough key for a primer on plastic I should think. 80 would remove quite a lot of material so go carefully if you're unsure.