sanding orange peel on tight surfaces.

[Volksfan]

How do you sand orange peel on cars with a lot of tight corners and or raised edges without sanding through the paint with normal model sanding pads.

For example, Ford model t. These cars have raised edges on the fenders and doors and hove a lot of corners.

Should i use just polishing compound?

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Part of the trick is practicing to learn how to shoot the paint so slick that you won't have to do a lot of sanding.

The other part of the trick is to simply stay off the raised edges or sharp parts. Learn to use the edges of the pads to sand NEXT to the raised parts.

Be sure to use water as a lubricant while sanding, and put a couple of drops of detergent in the water to 'wet' it, which helps keep your sanding pads or paper from clogging.

Also change your water frequently, go slow, wipe off the surface frequently to see where you are, and just be thoughtful and careful.

[maltsr]

Try covering the raised edges with masking tape to avoid sanding these areas - the paint here can be thin, hence it is easy to sand through to the primer.

[Snake45]

Next time you're at Walmart, pick up a half dozen cheap pink pencil erasers. These can easily be cut or just rubbed into custom shapes to get into tight and oddly shaped areas (as sanding blocks, covered with your favorite fine sandpaper).

[gtx6970]

Take a handfull of flat sided toothpicks and stick them to self adhesive DA sand paper .

Then with a sharp Xacto knife cut them along the sides of the toothpick,,,,'tada' instant miniature sanding files

[Shardik]

Next time you're at Walmart, pick up a half dozen cheap pink pencil erasers. These can easily be cut or just rubbed into custom shapes to get into tight and oddly shaped areas (as sanding blocks, covered with your favorite fine sandpaper).

They can also be used without sandpaper for pre-polishing paint and for final polishing on aluminum.

[Kit Basher]

For sanding around rain gutters and the like, I do better with sandpaper than sanding pads. If you fold it over and crease it, you get a sharp edge that you can run along next to the gutter, without touching it. Since I can feel where I'm sanding with my finger, I think I have better control with the paper.

[MrBuick]

Next time you're at Walmart, pick up a half dozen cheap pink pencil erasers. These can easily be cut or just rubbed into custom shapes to get into tight and oddly shaped areas (as sanding blocks, covered with your favorite fine sandpaper).

Awesome tip, I just picked some up and tried it...works great! Thanks Snake!

[snacktruck67]

You can also get the sanding sticks from Scale Motor Sports:  http://www.scalemotorsport.com/tools/polishingstix.html  .  These work great in tight places.  Also the masking tape idea works great.  I used it on my last model a few weeks ago, along with the sanding sticks, and that really saved me.