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My spoiler has a few small scratches in it all over. I was told that wet sanding was the best way to get the shine back into it. what would be the best procedure to go about that. i know the basic principal but what are the tricks, and how do you guys do it? idk if anyone has experience with this or not. but i saw some results from wet sanding a friends bumper and it looks great! hope you can help, thanks

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Well just wet sanding something alone won't give it the shine....infact it only dulls the finish more than it was previous....but its the buffing/polishing which makes it shine. A simple test you can do, if your fingernail will go in the scratch, it won't come out with sanding and buffing. But minor scratches and scuffs aren't a problem. Has your spoiler been painted before, and if so do you know how much clear you have on it....is it factory paint? These things you have to consider before you go about wetsanding different items...I would start out with some 1500gt WET and sand in the direction that you would paint it....a spoiler would be left to right ( not up and down ) make sure you sand with the flat part of your fingers, by making a "pad" out of your hand - another words dont sand with your fingers making grooves in the finish. I would start out on a small area first, and see what it's going to do, don't get crazy with it. Kill the shine on a part of it....take a buffer with some medium or light buffing compound ( I like to use the least aggressive compound to get the job done ) And simply buff the area untill the compound is gone, just barely though - because you don't want to burn the finish. wipe off the remaining compound, take a step back and observe - if your happy with the results...continue buffing away
There's more to it than just that, but then again it's the basics.

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what kind of buffing compond did you use? i have heard good things about products from eastwood co. What compound would you use? Also, what did you use for buffing? high rpm drill i would imagine.

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Well I like to use 3m products, I've heard eastwood is good too, but I haven't used them. You can go to your local O'reillys paint department and they will show you buffing compounds that will work with what your trying to do. The ones around here carry 3m, just depends on what they stock. As fas as buffers go....there is a wide range of them....some electric, and air powered. I used a milwalkee adjustable speed wheel for the stuff I do. ( you don't want a high speed buffer unless you know what your doing. ) With a high speed buffer you can burn the paint off quicker than you can say _______. Anyway I would start out with a wool pad and some med. gt compound. Then I would change pads to a "eggshell" type polishing pad and use some 3m perfect-it polishing compound for the final shine. But there are many different kinds of products that work well together....keep in mind all this stuff isn't cheap - especially buffers.

But I would reccomend going to a local paint store ( automotive ) or O'reillys and explain to someone what your wanting to do, and see if they have any thing to help you out. But that's the jist of it so to speak....

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"Perfect-It III" by 3M is the best stuff I've used...it works wonders