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my adventures in painting the car thread, DONE! Some final thoughts... |
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Jul 11 2018, 09:55 PM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
So I painted my car. Got some orange peel, thought I'd see if anyone had ideas for getting rid of/minimizing it.
After painting: After sanding with 1000 grit. The lighter areas are where I sanded, the darker areas are the lower points of the orange peel: Option 1: I'm thinking I need to go to 800 grit, then 1000, 1500, 2000, then polish. Before I do I thought I'd see if anyone else thinks this is a good idea based on what they may have done. Option 2: I can re-paint it. I'm thinking I will sand with 400 grit to rough up the surface and then re-spray. Option 3: I can polish it more, but the orange peel is still noticeable on the smaller pieces I've tried. I used a Torq X polisher, white pad, Chemical Guys V32 polish. I thought it might get smoother as I polished it with finer and finer pads/compounds, but I don't want to burn thru the paint. I put 3 coats of paint on. |
burton73 |
Jul 12 2018, 10:24 AM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,656 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California |
You are going to need to go through the grits by starting with a heavier grit. Very easy so you do not go through it. Think of it as mountains and valleys. You need to sand the mountains down to the valleys. Tape the edges as someone said so you do not go to fare on them with the color sanding.
You need to CK it all the time so you do not remove too much. Do not sand with that much pressure. You will get it. The worst you can do is need to repaint so give it a shot. It takes an eye. When it is flat all over go to finer grit. Remember when you have it flat all you need to do is remove the last scratch and put the finer scratch in. I go in a different direction and when the scratches are going in the new direction go finer till you are sure you are at a fine scratch where you can buff from. Bob B |
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