the boy went at it with a sander, using plain old sandpaper for wood... it got most of the paint off, covered him n blue paint dust, etc... i think the metal looks ugly now because of the scratches.. Aron is convinced he needs to be rough for the primer and paint to stick....

the durnkard neighbor wants him to stick on a coat of some rust stuff... not prevetnetive stuff, but the stuff that *eats* the rust away, dries black and then you paint on that.... think we should run off to a car body shop and see if they can give us better advice....


thanks for all the help here...

Robi