Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

[Mary S]

1. Measure the paint.
2. Wet sand and compound to remove factory orange peel but stay within the clear coat.
3. Once you have orange peel removed, take the car to a body shop where you know they do a good job of applying clearcoat without orange peel, and have them put on a coat or two of clear coat for you to bring it back up to factory recommendations of the depth of clear coat.

Would step 3 be inordinately expensive?

[DogParkGuy]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

I would expect a body shop will do that for you at a reasonable cost, but not offer any guarantee of quality or final results since you did the sanding. And applying clear coat is the same as painting - there is no pigment in the clear coat.

[Mary S]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

Thinking this through, I know I would be hit with at least an $800 bill to have this done. I guess I have the test hood. If I decided I wanted to do something like this, the thing to do would be practice on the test hood, get an airless sprayer and spray the clear coat myself.

But patience, grasshopper, I have to live with that orange peel for now.

[Clutch34]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

That's an interesting thought, let us know which you do and how it turns out! *cough* with pictures!!! *cough* lol

[Mary S]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

That's an interesting thought, let us know which you do and how it turns out! *cough* with pictures!!! *cough* lol

LOL I sure will!

[tguil]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

My two cents: I think that you should just live with the factory orange peel. All new cars have orange peel. That's just the way it is. To give a vehicle a good paint job, even just clear-coat, all trim should be removed so that you don't have edges where the clear will lift. This is time consuming. As far as spraying it yourself with an airless sprayer...no way.

Tom

[Mary S]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

My two cents: I think that you should just live with the factory orange peel. All new cars have orange peel. That's just the way it is. To give a vehicle a good paint job, even just clear-coat, all trim should be removed so that you don't have edges where the clear will lift. This is time consuming. As far as spraying it yourself with an airless sprayer...no way.

Tom

My car may have a little bit more than most. I will live with it for now because I have no choice. I'm not equipped to venture into wet sanding it safely, if it can be done. When I am rich and famous, though, I will get it fixed

[agp56]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

Marcki - when you are rich & famous you probably will get a different ride to terrorize eastern Jackson county with......

[Mary S]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

Marcki - when you are rich & famous you probably will get a different ride to terrorize eastern Jackson county with......

LOL!

Maybe... but the Explorer is starting to grow on me! Since it spends most of its time in the garage during motorcycle season (we have 2 cars and 2 commuters, but my husband bikes to work weather permitting) I am thinking if I put curtains on my garage window which reflects right onto my hood, I won't even notice the orange peel anymore. That may just solve the problem!

[agp56]

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So it sounds like it is growing on you in a good way and not growing on you like a fungus.

[Mary S]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

I hope so LOL!

I know most people start to love detailing because they love their car. I'm a bit backwards, starting to love my car more because I love detailing it.

[RaskyR1]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

Having been around body shops all my life I can tell you that even a repainted car by 99% of the body shops out there will still require some amount of wet sanding after it's painted to make it smooth. There may be less orange peel than what comes from the factory, but it still won't be totally level.


What you're asking about can be done but it will still require the disassembly of a lot of the car for it to be done correctly and to avoid taping off of any edges. Also, Any chips that may be in the paint, especially if the went below the original clear will still be visible after the the addition clear was applied.

something like this would likely cost you a few grand to be done correctly.


Hope this helps,
Rasky

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

something like this would likely cost you a few grand to be done correctly.

Listen to Rasky - he knows well of what he speaks.

[Mary S]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

something like this would likely cost you a few grand to be done correctly.

Wow, so that means having the whole car refinished (primer to clear) would cost a few grand plus! I am going to have to raise my prices for making car paint look like new!

My daughter had an accident and damaged the front end, just barely affecting the left front fender. They refinished the whole fender (I am pretty sure they finished it in place), and it estimated out at over $600. They had to replace the emblem, buy a new Eddie Bauer stripe for $80 dollars, some very minor body work that they did in place. This was a body shop at a Ford Dealer.

Anyway, that fender has no orange peel that I can see. If there was any they buffed it out.

Anyway, I won't pursue this option. If it can take some wetsanding I may do that, but not before I buy a reliable paint gauge and confirm it can be done safely, but I accept that it probably can't and I am just going to put a curtain in my garage so I don't see that orange peel every time I go out there and just live with it.

[RaskyR1]

Re: Does this scenario ever happen for removing orange peel

Wow, so that means having the whole car refinished (primer to clear) would cost a few grand plus! I am going to have to raise my prices for making car paint look like new!

My daughter had an accident and damaged the front end, just barely affecting the left front fender. They refinished the whole fender (I am pretty sure they finished it in place), and it estimated out at over $600. They had to replace the emblem, buy a new Eddie Bauer stripe for $80 dollars, some very minor body work that they did in place. This was a body shop at a Ford Dealer.

Anyway, that fender has no orange peel that I can see. If there was any they buffed it out.

Anyway, I won't pursue this option. If it can take some wetsanding I may do that, but not before I buy a reliable paint gauge and confirm it can be done safely, but I accept that it probably can't and I am just going to put a curtain in my garage so I don't see that orange peel every time I go out there and just live with it.

Yeah, a full repaint (done properly) will easily run you $5-6k or more!

My finances car cost around $9500 with hail damage!

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