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This afternoon,i started to work with an old hood off of a Renault Twingo..(Don't know if you get that in the states).
For a cheap small car,it's got not a bad paint job.There was very little orange peel.
What i had to work with..:
Milwaukee AP12QE.
1 wool pad.
1 flat/fine foam pad.
3M finesse-it.
Unfortunately,i don't have any Meguiar's pro line products at the moment such as 105/205.I would like to though.
First what i did was try a corner with just the wool,followed by the foam just to get rid of swirls..it did that without any problems.Second,I taped off a line around the centre and sanded an area with 1500 in one direction followed by 2500 in the other.Then i used the same process using wool followed by the foam.I think(but not sure?) if I can see some lines because I only had one compound to use.It did get rid of what orange peel there was.I did IPA wipedown's inbetwwen and after and the surface was fine.
working rpms was probably about 1500-1800 for pretty much most of the time for the wool and foam,Final buffing at slow 900 rpms with the foam.
Sorry for the lack of pics...I'm just not into this side much while i'm working..
first two are of the general condition of the hood.third is of the area sanded.the last is the end result..
Good thing is,i took another part from the bodyshop which is from the same car and is a plastic wing with the same finish.It's condition is similair with swirls and some scratches.So will be interesting to see how it reacts to buffing,especially as I have to spend a bit longer,using only one compound.
Anyway,nice day...a bit hot and my legs got eaten by these darn tiger mosquitos.
For a cheap small car,it's got not a bad paint job.There was very little orange peel.
What i had to work with..:
Milwaukee AP12QE.
1 wool pad.
1 flat/fine foam pad.
3M finesse-it.
Unfortunately,i don't have any Meguiar's pro line products at the moment such as 105/205.I would like to though.
First what i did was try a corner with just the wool,followed by the foam just to get rid of swirls..it did that without any problems.Second,I taped off a line around the centre and sanded an area with 1500 in one direction followed by 2500 in the other.Then i used the same process using wool followed by the foam.I think(but not sure?) if I can see some lines because I only had one compound to use.It did get rid of what orange peel there was.I did IPA wipedown's inbetwwen and after and the surface was fine.
working rpms was probably about 1500-1800 for pretty much most of the time for the wool and foam,Final buffing at slow 900 rpms with the foam.
Sorry for the lack of pics...I'm just not into this side much while i'm working..
first two are of the general condition of the hood.third is of the area sanded.the last is the end result..
Good thing is,i took another part from the bodyshop which is from the same car and is a plastic wing with the same finish.It's condition is similair with swirls and some scratches.So will be interesting to see how it reacts to buffing,especially as I have to spend a bit longer,using only one compound.
Anyway,nice day...a bit hot and my legs got eaten by these darn tiger mosquitos.
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