Hello,
I just had my bird painted until I get a iroc-z so the bird will have to do for now. Well the paint shines real nice. It is a base clear with three coats of clear. Although it shines it has orange peel which really bothers me and I want to fix that. I tried wet sanding with 1200 grit and then used 3m rubbing compound and then 3m glaze. The end result was complete cr**. The finish ended being all scratched and not so shiny. Can anyone give me some help. What should I do to have a good wet sanding job and make my paint look real nice.

Thanks

 

well first you should use 1500-2000 WET sanding paper, always have water running from like a hose and keep the sand paper wet while your sanding. then use a squegy (spelling ) and clean off the residue that it leaves with the wet sandin paper. once you finish an area get a veriable speed buffer, your hand alone will not get the job done. use the rubbing compound on a soft foam pad when using the veriable speed buffer. dont go near the edges and try and not to burn the paint by havin the speed too high or sittin in one spot too long. im sure others will chime in to fill in the spots i missed.

 

Psst, down below... I don't know

 

what ever do u mean? :lala:

 

This is the way we do it at the shop I work at, the end result is flawless. Start with 1200 if theres a lotta dirt in the clear, or 1500 if its pretty clean. put the paper on a sanding block. we use a "half moon" block. you use the round paper for a DA sander and the block has velcro like a DA and fold the paper in half. Hold the block flat and wetsand all the spot of dirt or fisheyes till theyre flat, after hitting all the bad spots, go over the whole panel with 2000 grit wet, use a sanding squegee to dry it off, if you still see orange peel then sand it some more till its all the same texture. like Timz2882 said, use a variable speed buffer and white rubbing compound and a wool pad, you can go near the edges, just let the buffer run off the panel, not onto it, so u gotta tilt the buffer so it only runs off. then use a foam pad and machine glaze, that gets rid of the tiny scratches that the wool and compund leave. then you can use stuff like plum crazy and a 3m detailing cloth to give it one last polish. like I said that the way we do it at our shop, they come out looking like glass