How to damp-sand?

[Michael Stoops]

Re: How to damp-sand?

I gave the 3000 another run on the test hood this past weekend, and this time I tried pulling the sanding marks out with the G100V2 and 205 with a polishing pad. It worked great, except there were tracers. I didn't know it at the time, but they were pretty deep.

Here's another thing to keep in mind - just because you were able to remove 3000 grit sanding marks on your test panel with a D/A, M205 and a polishing pad doesn't mean you'd have the same results on your Explorer. A group of us just completed a project that involved sanding a car with 1500 grit followed by 3000 grit finish sanding, and we struggled to remove all the sanding marks with M105, wool pads and rotary buffers. Now, admittedly, this paint was behaving very strangely, but none of us would have guessed that it would pose this sort of challenge. It was fairly shocking, actually.

Imagine your dismay at sanding the Explorer only to find you simply couldn't pull all the sanding marks, never mind the tracers!

[Mary S]

Re: How to damp-sand?

Here's another thing to keep in mind - just because you were able to remove 3000 grit sanding marks on your test panel with a D/A, M205 and a polishing pad doesn't mean you'd have the same results on your Explorer. A group of us just completed a project that involved sanding a car with 1500 grit followed by 3000 grit finish sanding, and we struggled to remove all the sanding marks with M105, wool pads and rotary buffers. Now, admittedly, this paint was behaving very strangely, but none of us would have guessed that it would pose this sort of challenge. It was fairly shocking, actually.

Imagine your dismay at sanding the Explorer only to find you simply couldn't pull all the sanding marks, never mind the tracers!

Wow, shows the importance of that test spot! I can't help thinking with just 3000 that second time, something was wrong with my technique, like maybe there was a crease in the paper. But the idea of having to do major buffing on a car with light swirls is enough to spook me off of the idea.