Why does everyone insist on sanding down to bare metal for every single repair?

I spent 3 hours on a 2015 Civic rear quarter last week using a DA with 80 grit when a buddy showed up and told me to just feather the clear and prime over the factory paint that wasn't peeling. It saved me a full afternoon and the adhesion held up fine on a test spot. Am I the only one who thinks over-sanding is a huge time waster?

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richard_young8013d ago

Tried the same thing on a beat-up Ford work van last year and it worked perfect, just feathered the clear and hit it with sealer before paint.

sarahpark14d ago

Whoa, you actually just blasted through factory clear and it held?

cameron_hernandez6913d ago

My neighbor spent 6 hours buffing every scratch out of his F-150 before selling it last month, and I told him he could've just hit the bad spots and called it a day. People get stuck in this mindset where they gotta tear everything down before they fix it, even when the shortcut works just as good.

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