blur shines...

[RogueGypsy]

Re: blur shines...

ok guys,i've just re-checked it and i have confirmed it was an orange peel...please reply a solution asap.thanks,blue reflection.

Unfortunately your best option is to live with it.

There are methods to remove orange peel, but they involve removing a substantial amount of clear coat. Factory paint does not usually have much clear coat, so you run the risk of permanently damaging your paint. Or making the clear so thin that it will fail in a short period of time.

Before doing anything like this:
You need to know the thickness of the clear coat.
You should have some experience wet sanding paint.
You should be proficient with a rotary buffer.

If you do a search on 'wet sanding' or 'removing orange peel' you will find a lot more information along with several warnings.

Do you have any machines to work with or are you working by hand?

Brock

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[sudsbyhubbs]

Re: blur shines...

what's a relatively safe thickness of paint to wetsand?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: blur shines...

what's a relatively safe thickness of paint to wet-sand?

3-5 mils

For everyone reading this...

The MAJORITY of ALL wet-sanding is done AFTER a car is freshly painted.

2 VERY IMPORANT REASONS FOR THIS

1) The paint is still soft enough to buff out your sanding marks with a rotary buffer

2) If the painter knows the car is going to be sanded they will spray EXTRA paint onto the car so the person that sands and buffs on the paint has plenty of paint thickness to work with.

Only trained, experienced professionals should ever think about sanding down a factory paint job and even then it's incredibly risky and incredibly difficult.

If you don't want any orange peel on your car's paint then take the car to a body shop and pay them to re-paint the car and add extra paint and then have them sand and buff the car and cross your fingers you find a shop that actually knows how to do the sanding and buffing step without leaving your paint filled with swirls, tracers and pigtails.

Best thing to do is to learn to live with it as this is the norm. Especially if your car is a DAILY DRIVER.

Make sense?

[sudsbyhubbs]

Re: blur shines...

i'm for sure not saying that i would want to do that to my car. i was just curious if i ever get a repaint what thickness would be needed to wetsand. now i know!