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Title: cpo overlay over textured paint on trackball mount plate
Post by: TopJimmyCooks on October 02, 2013, 11:12:44 pm

I have a trackball mounting plate with the heavily textured factory paint finish.  I am putting a cpo from gameongrafix over it.  will the overlay go smoothly over the painted surface or should I sand that paint smooth?  the top of the plate is exactly flush with the top of the wood cp surface. 

Title: Re: cpo overlay over textured paint on trackball mount plate
Post by: WindDrake on October 03, 2013, 12:11:48 am

Sand it.

Title: Re: cpo overlay over textured paint on trackball mount plate
Post by: PL1 on October 03, 2013, 12:16:48 pm

Quote from: WindDrake on October 03, 2013, 12:11:48 am

Sand it.

+1.

Almost any underlying texture will probably show through the vinyl.


Scott

Title: Re: cpo overlay over textured paint on trackball mount plate
Post by: paigeoliver on October 03, 2013, 11:43:47 pm

Quote from: WindDrake on October 03, 2013, 12:11:48 am

Sand it.

Sand it, skim coat the whole panel with bondo and then sand it again.

Title: Re: cpo overlay over textured paint on trackball mount plate
Post by: TopJimmyCooks on October 04, 2013, 09:18:58 am

Thanks guys, I sanded the texture off last night.  I'm also using tee nuts to hold the undermounted sticks and I bondo'd over those as well.