question about sanding, wet sanding and painting my emblem

Hey guys, i have been talking to a guy off of a subaru forum about painting my rear and front emblem's. He hasnt been to helpful telling me that

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sanding down that blueish color and then you can respray to any color you want. I finalize with water sanding and buff out those fine scratches before I paint

Since its very plain explanations about the "how-to" does anyone know or suggest what kind of sandpaper to use?? and i've never really wet sanded before either, what kind of sandpaper should i be using for this??

here are some pics of his...

get that black sandpaper that says wet and dry on it (maybe wet or dry) and is like 1000 grit
i have some left i can just give to you if you cant find any

1500 grit-2000 should be fine

laynehip wrote:

get that black sandpaper that says wet and dry on it (maybe wet or dry) and is like 1000 grit
i have some left i can just give to you if you cant find any

oh ok, i just dont want to scratch up the emblem it's self or use any chemicals that might eat away at the plastic....

if its plastic i wouldnt even bother sanding it down before you painted it

i would use grey scotch bright to scuff it

im not painting it from the front, you remove the emblem and flip it over and sand the "blue" paint off

pardon layne for not knowing anything about painting

240sxy wrote:

pardon layne for not knowing anything about painting

unless you plan on keeping it for ions only chumps take the time to sand plastic

laynehip wrote:

240sxy wrote:

pardon layne for not knowing anything about painting

unless you plan on keeping it for ions only chumps take the time to sand plastic

lol