Hey fellas, quick body work question
Im am doing rust removal from a fender i picked up from a junkyard, and i don't know excatly how much to sand. I've been studying up on bodywork and i want to start doing more of my own, so the stepside fender has been good practice for me. The new fender i got has little tiny chips everywhere and i am removing the rust on each one with a DA. For each rust spot, i am sanding about a square inch of paint off to the sheet metal. Since i have so many little spots down to the metal, should i just sand the whole fender down to sheet metal, or should i just sand all the rest of the paint down to where it is extremely smooth to the touch and sight. i don't want a an uneven painted fender when im done. The hard thing is, i am an perfectionist, and since i havent done a paint job before, i don't know excatly how perfect the body work has to be for it to turn out good without any flaws.