Scuffing bodys before painting

[malici]

This is off proline's site.

"PREPARATION TIPS: 1. Wash the inside of the body with soap and water. 2. Rinse out all of the soap and dry thoroughly with a paper towel or clean cloth. 3. Locate the window templates and place them on the inside of the body using the window lines as guides. 4. Check the edges of the window templates to ensure that they are firmly adhered to the body. 5. Very lightly scuff the surfaces to be painted with steel wool or SOS pads. Avoid scuffing the windows and areas you don’t plan to paint. MASKING GRAPHICS / TIPS: a) Take your time. b) Use 3M general-purpose masking tape or other high quality tape. c) Overlap tape. d) Use a sharp craft EXACTO knife."

If you scuff the inside of a body before painting do you get a better result?

Malici

[AnimeKing]

Hey,

I'm not a pro so don't take my advice for more than it is. If you're going to paint it any other color than white, I wouldn't "scuff' the inside, you could end up with white scrapes all over the body from where you "scuffed" it.

[Top End]

I have found that using a 3M Scotch Brite pad to scuff the inside of the body helps the paint to stay on the lexan even after a full season's worth of abuse. It doesn't affect the finish of the paint either, after the lexan is painted you can't even tell you scuffed it.

Here is a pic of a body that I painted, lots of abuse, but the paint didn't chip...
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1297358&a=9623204&p=39205552

[MJ]

Make sure you mask the windows before you scuff the body. The scratches disappear even under dark paint.

[ammoace]

I didn't scuff the body of my T-Maxx and the paint chips like crazy. It drives me nuts! http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/mad.gif I guess that is what I get for not reading the directions. If memory serves me right the Traxxas directions say to scuff it also. Maybe RCCA can address this in the new Body section of the magazine or at least on this post. I wouldn't use anything more coarse than extra fine steel wool.
NOTE: You might want to wear gloves when handling the steel wool to keep the steel fibers out of your skin.
AMMOACE

[joe]

i don't even wash, too lazy for that, i just sand the inside with 400 grit 3m sandpaper after the masks are on and then dust it out with compressed air before i mask/paint

[TCorzett]

I've done the skuffing with up to 180 grit sandpaper, but I use between 800 and 1200 grit wet/dry paper. You can buy sheets for like $0.65 at a hardware store. When you're done sanding make sure to wash out the body. The paint will stick great!

-Todd...