Orange peel-how can be removed??

[pampos]

I just wondering if i can 'repair' the orange peel by polishing or if it is necessary to wet sand it??

[tguil]

Re: Orange peel-how can be removed??

I just wondering if i can 'repair' the orange peel by polishing or if it is necessary to wet sand it??

Wet sand it. I found out the hard way.

Tom

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Orange peel-how can be removed??

I just wondering if i can 'repair' the orange peel by polishing or if it is necessary to wet sand it??

The correct way is to sand the finish flat and then remove your sanding marks using a rotary buffer with typically a compound and a wool pad. After the compounding step you would then follow-up with at least a second cleaning/polishing step to make sure there are no swirls leftover from the first compounding step.

It is possible to remove orange peel by just compounding but it's not as efficient a method as you lose a lot of control.

Sanding enables you to control the depth of the sanding marks, sanding enables you to see when the peel is removed and the paint is flat, thus you quit sanding and start buffing.

If you try to remove orange peel by just compounding you lose control over the above to factors.

Besides the "how-to" part there's the "should I" part, most wet-sanding is done on fresh paint, not factory paint for a number of reasons.

What are you working on?

[pampos]

Re: Orange peel-how can be removed??

Thanks both of you...
To answer to Mike, i don't work on anything now but according the replies on my thread about ''my first exotic car detailing'' a lot of people told that the paint has that orange peel effect...The effect it was because of the bra,but that makes me wondering how i am suppose to react in case of the orange peel was on the paint