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dareman89406

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Resurfacing a Dead Flush and Rival
« on: March 02, 2012, 02:11:47 AM »
I am looking for any input on resurfacing a Dead Flush and Rival. I am looking for a starting point. Thanks for the help.



 

charlest

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Re: Resurfacing a Dead Flush and Rival
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2012, 03:02:14 PM »
"Resurfacing" usually mean to remove a deep, highly scratched track area. In this age, we rarely see that. If you do mean that, you start sanding with a low grit, like 180 or 220 grit and remove as many scratches as possible to smooth out the track area, with removing too much coverstock. Then go in steps with higher numeric grit until you reach where you need to be.
 
The Rival's surface was 4000 grit. So once you took it to where most scratches are removed, sand it with 320/360 then 500, then 1000, then 2000, then 4000.
If you want it to be more aggressive than it was just do 500 grit, then 4000 grit.
 
If you really just want to refresh the surface, use a 1000 grit pad, then a 2000 grit pad, then a 4000 grit pad.
The Wrath Dead Flush was 4000 grit + polish. So the same would apply to that.
You could stop sanding at 2000 grit (or lower) and apply polish over that to make it more aggressive that it used to be.

"None are so blind as those who will not see."
 
Edited by charlest on 3/2/2012 at 2:05 PM
"None are so blind as those who will not see."

dareman89406

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Re: Resurfacing a Dead Flush and Rival
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2012, 05:10:07 PM »
Thanks for the info charlest