Rolled my second coat of rustoleum topside on my Lowe Hustler and following the directions on the can i sanded before the second coat. Can said 220 i went with 320 and tired to keep it light, on the flat surfaces of the boat it was fine it just dulled the surface which I’m assuming is all your after for good paint adhesion of the following coat, but!!!! On the rivets it stripped the paint right off with little effort.
For prep i power washed the boat very little paint cane off, next i sanded the entire boat down with 220 on a palm sander most of the paint held fine, few places it was chipping so i feathered those out. I completely stripped paint away from every rivet, Acid etched all the bare spots and then followed that up with a base coat of rustoleum primer on the entire boat.
So now the 2nd coat is drying over night and i would like to lay down another in the morning (24hrs past) but I’m afraid if i sand again with 220 per the instructions I’ll strip paint right off the rivents again. When the paint stripped down to bare metal after the first coat i hit them all with primer and let it dry over night till the second coat.
Anyone got any advise here? Am i just over doing the sanding? Thought i was being light but maybe not? Just don’t want to keep repeating the same steps i want good even layers on the entire boat and around the rivets.
For prep i power washed the boat very little paint cane off, next i sanded the entire boat down with 220 on a palm sander most of the paint held fine, few places it was chipping so i feathered those out. I completely stripped paint away from every rivet, Acid etched all the bare spots and then followed that up with a base coat of rustoleum primer on the entire boat.
So now the 2nd coat is drying over night and i would like to lay down another in the morning (24hrs past) but I’m afraid if i sand again with 220 per the instructions I’ll strip paint right off the rivents again. When the paint stripped down to bare metal after the first coat i hit them all with primer and let it dry over night till the second coat.
Anyone got any advise here? Am i just over doing the sanding? Thought i was being light but maybe not? Just don’t want to keep repeating the same steps i want good even layers on the entire boat and around the rivets.