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D Cassidy · 28th Aug 2018, 8:55 am

Hello.
The first thing to consider is how good a result you want. To obtain the best result then a lot of effort needs to go into the preparation. Everything would need to be removed from the deck including riveted badges, the original finish should be completely removed, sandblasting is good as it won't damage the metal below the paint, you could use paint stripper then wire wool or other abrasives but this is very laborious. Once you are happy with the condition of the deck then spray the deck with primer filler in light coats, they need to be flattened with 1000 grade wet and dry paper dipped in water and washing up liquid, again time and prep will give the best result. Some motor factors make up aerosol paint so they could well make up a suitable paint of the colour you need don't use water based spray paint, its awful to work with. Again flatten the paint with wet and dry between coats. Finally give the job a couple of coats of lacquer and burnish once hardened.
You could of course take the stripped deck to a car coach works to get the job done.

28th Aug 2018, 8:55 am	#2
D Cassidy Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Fenwick, Glasgow, UK. Posts: 127	Re: Garrard RC4 needs respraying Hello. The first thing to consider is how good a result you want. To obtain the best result then a lot of effort needs to go into the preparation. Everything would need to be removed from the deck including riveted badges, the original finish should be completely removed, sandblasting is good as it won't damage the metal below the paint, you could use paint stripper then wire wool or other abrasives but this is very laborious. Once you are happy with the condition of the deck then spray the deck with primer filler in light coats, they need to be flattened with 1000 grade wet and dry paper dipped in water and washing up liquid, again time and prep will give the best result. Some motor factors make up aerosol paint so they could well make up a suitable paint of the colour you need don't use water based spray paint, its awful to work with. Again flatten the paint with wet and dry between coats. Finally give the job a couple of coats of lacquer and burnish once hardened. You could of course take the stripped deck to a car coach works to get the job done.