How should I sand my car?

Hi, I'm gonna do the $50 paint job on my lude. How do I prep my car with a paint this bad? how deep should I sand my car with all these chipping and peeling? Down to bare metal or just even them out? what grit do i have to use? Can I use a random orbital sander? wet or dry sand? should I prime it? I've done some research and ive got the step by step on how to do the $50 paint job. Just wanna be sure that i'm preppin it the right way

Thanks!

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• +primer
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• DIY
• car

[pumthuggee]

wow my friend, that paint is jacked up! How did it get so bad? Man, where to start. Ok you might need to talk to someone else, this is out of my league. But here's what I recommend from what I can see. First, you need to sand every inch of that car down to primer. Get out your 250 and work down to 400 grit. 250 might be overkill but those flaking areas... you got to get all that old junk off. So take everything down to primer even the paint that's on that's ok. More in a sec.

[coi10]

@pumthuggee - My lude sat upfront of my house, directly under the sun for 4 years. I'm restoring it. IT's running great now! every things working, I just need a decent paint job to finish of my project. Thanks for the info!

[pumthuggee]

@coi10 hope it goes well

[pumthuggee]

You could use orbital sander for the hood or roof or anything flat but nothing beats just getting in there with your hand and sandpaper. You can put the sandpaper on a sanding block too. Hope that helps. Post a vid when you're done, I will be seriously impressed.

[pumthuggee]

...then make sure you're not rusting out anywhere. If you are, fix the rust and kill it with rust stop/chop it out. Next prime the whole car and give it a very close look with good lighting. If you can get that far and the car looks like 1 color without any bumps, ridges or peels then start painting. I don't think you need to get down to bare metal but you've got to get all that flaky stuff off. Dry sand is fine