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Had an old timer tell me to ditch my DA sander for a block on filler work, said I'd save time in the end
I laughed it off for 6 months until I finally tried it on a Ford F-150 tailgate and he was dead right - way less mess and got the contour perfect in one pass. Anyone else find old school hand work beats power tools for certain steps?
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jamie_price4d ago
You laughed it off for 6 months" - man, that's exactly what I did with the same advice about using a long block for door skins. Kept thinking my DA was faster until I spent an hour fixing wavy spots on a '72 C10 that a block would have caught in one shot. The real game changer for me was using a flexible block with 80 grit on crown panels - you can feel the high spots instead of just guessing. And honestly, the cleanup alone on a block job is worth it, since you're not kicking up dust everywhere. Makes you wonder how many other old tricks we're ignoring because they sound too simple.
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Feeling the high spots instead of just guessing" - is it really that deep though?
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