Ok, I was told last night that in order to get rid of some orange-peeling from your car all you do is get some 2000 grit sand-paper, put it in water, and rub it over the car's paint.

I've only got a bit of orange-peeling happening on the reverse cowl on the hood, and it's not too bad, but still pretty obvious once it's pointed out. Think it should be tried? Is that really all there is to it?

 

yup, i think that sounds alright..and you might want to get some polish or wax to put over the sanded area for when you are done.

 

Are you sure it is orange peel? peel is not something you usually get over time. It appears right after a paint job. As far as your 2000 grit yes that is what you want. You might as well wet sand the whole car while you are at it otherwise you may have patchy looking uneven paint. After that is done use a good buffer or have it done. Depending on paint, consider another clear coat after the wet sanding. As a tip put just a few drops of liquid dish soap in a bucket for dipping your block the soap will help the life of the paper and keep it from getting clogged with paint. Also with wet sanding it is very very important to have alot of water available, I have a running hose handy. If you paper starts to get just a tid bit dry and you keep sanding, it is very easy to cut through the paint.

 

Not sure what kind of peel it is. It's not really too bad, just thought maybe wet sanding was worth a try. Thanks for the tips, I'll be doing this all day Thursday and I'll post some before/after pics if the job goes well.

 

Yes definatly keep the surfacew wet AT ALL TIMES as he said. if u dont know how to use a hispeed buffer dont try to learn on a car u like. get someone to do it for u good luck

 

Stephen just curious was your car painted recently? if so take it back and have them fix it. If not be very carefull in what you do!, If the peel is in the base/colour you will have to take the clear back untill you get to the base, flatten that out & re clear. If its your clear coat then be very carefull u don't rub back to you base coat coz if you do it will look worse than peel! If you stuff it up You will be sorry. Just go slow & do a bit at a time, buff &polish & see if you need to do more.
I wish u good luck and look forward to the results