<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/11/2004 4:52:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, lclgcnp@yahoo.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Soapy water gums up the sandpaper very quickly if the<BR>lacquer is not solidly cured. With mineral spirits I<BR>have found that I only have to wait a&nbs= p; few days before<BR>rubbing out. With water it was weeks <BR>( or months )!<BR>     On this last job I used naptha. Even better<BR>because it evaporates quickly and has no oily residue.<BR>I also= think that, for this reason, it does not<BR>interfere with the friction cutting of the abrasive,<BR>while providing a nice thin medium to flush ou= t the<BR>sand-off. Worked very quickly!<BR>     Thump<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>   <FONT size=3> Interesting idea</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  I haven't had any problems with the soapy water g= umming up since I started using more soap. We use an in line air-wet sander from Detroit pneumatic, I think its called, for all our flattening & rub out prep. It's a real time & labor saver. It holds two 4 by 8 inch pieces of= sandpaper.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  I find that I can rub out easily after about 10 d= ays. Longer is better but not really necessary in the dry calif.heat. I like the = idea of Mineral spirits or naptha in case I need to push something out quicker. Thanks for the tip</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>