Uni-grit usage questions!

[wifehatescar]

Well, lots of talk about nothing, hehe. Through much deliberation of the situation, I decided to talk myself out of wetsanding. Then I talked the customer out of wetsanding

For what he wanted (toy for the wife, not a show car), it just wasn't worth the risk *to me*.

I did a test spot on the trunk, used:

SSR2.5 (similar to DACP) on rotary with light cutting pad x 2
SSR2.5 on PC speed 5 light cutting pad x 1
SSR1 (similar to SFP) on PC polish pad x 1

It took out all the light oxidation and 80% of the scratches (look like brush-washing scratches). It did not really touch the OP. I took some pics but they did not come out I showed him the difference and he was "satisfied" with the improvement---that's good enough for me! I may go JUST a bit more aggressive over the rest of the car. The paint did not seem like it was any softer than anything else...within reason.

I'm doing a thourough inside and out for him this weekend for a total of 10 hrs.
The car is a 73' Mercedes 450SL 2 door.

When I was done he wiped the trunk with a dirty old towel..... ...I told him I would leave him some MF when I was done I'll post pics on Sunday.

uh, thanks for all the wetsanding advice

[wifehatescar]

Update to the saga

The customer calls and is no longer happy with the test spot on the trunk and wants me to sand just the trunk lid. I agreed...after I basically told him I would not pay for a repaint. The paint is not that soft so hopefully that will help a bit. He *swears* the car has "too much paint on it"

So, I'll have wetsanding pics Sunday afterall Wish me luck...I'm only going to use 3000 grit, no less.

PS - If he asks me to wetsand any other part of the car, I going to tell him to stick it you know where

[Mike Phillips]

We all wish you luck,

I posted a couple of replies to your thead on DC.

Good luck...

Mike

[wifehatescar]

Mike thanks for all the help