wet sanding/polishing clear coat to eliminate orange peel effect....
.... looking for some advice on wet sanding the clear..... the car was painted last year. the car looks great in spite of the fact that the clear was just sprayed, and that's it, so it has a fair amount of orange peel effect that I'd like to lessen/eliminate.....
some questions I have are...
what is the best grit to work with?
is it necessary to power polish the car afterward?
or can one just get a good hand polish?
or for that matter, is polishing afterward even necessary at all?
thanx in advance :)
I would start off with 1000 grit, and wet sand the whole car, if your orange peel is that rough. you may get away with 1200 grit tho, I don't know. Then work up to the finer grit paper. If you want it to look as smooth as mirror finish, you could stop at 2000, 2500, or even 3000 grit, the choice is your's.
It's definately necessary to use a power buffer with the correct speed, I believe it's like 1750 RPM or so. You need to be careful on ANY sharp break off point's, because they are the vunerable burn tour CC off. Run a line of 3M
masking tape close to the edge, and you can buff right over top of the tape. Let the buffer do the work, do NOT force it onto the panel's, and don't let the buffing wheel run out of compound. Just start off slow, and only do one panel at a time, then move on to the next one. You"ll get the hang of it. We use the 3m perfect it compound, have not bought any for awhile, and they are alway's coming up with something new. We also use the Meguiar"s foam Pad's, The dark Maroon one is for compounding, and the tan is for polishing, then you can use Hand glaze after all that. There will be many different individual opinion's on this subject, so be prepared. Good luck, with your endeavor!!
