I am trying to remove the paint off of my front bumper, and just leave it the matte black plastic color that it was originally before painting.
I have already tried with minimal success using paint strippers, and had wanted to know if I purchase a orbital sander, whether I would be able to sand the paint down to the plastic? If this is the case what grit(s) sandpaper would be recommended?
I do not intend to paint over the bumper again, maybe just use trim restorer.
Thanks!
Interesting question, since you want to remove the paint but instead of repainting, you want to leave the matte black plastic exposed.
First, I'd definitely recommend getting a dual action sander and some P180/P240 sanding discs, and sanding the entire bumper.
If you stop there, however, you'd have visible sanding marks. So after the initial P180/P240 sand, I'd do another pass with P320 grit, and then another pass with P400 grit, and then another pass with an even higher grit, say P600 or P800.
This should give you a nice smooth matte black finish on the exposed plastic bumper.
