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Old 04-05-2011, 06:23 PM
wangbungal wangbungal is offline
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Default painting over

any tips of painting a door that have been painted twice already? should i be ok just scuffing it, or i have to go to bare metal please advice TIA!
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Old 04-05-2011, 08:22 PM
klinger86 klinger86 is offline
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Default Re: painting over

I really wouldn't go all the way down to bare metal. If you do you'll have to put a sealer on to protect the metal then primer and then paint. I would say scuff it down to the fist layer of paint if you know what color it was and then paint it from there.
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Old 04-05-2011, 08:27 PM
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Dont go bare metal but get it down low.
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