Wet Sand and polish. Just what the ol girl needed.
09-03-2005, 01:01 PM
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Wet Sand and polish. Just what the ol girl needed. Finally got around to wetsanding and polishing out my piant. Bessy needed it bad..lol. Took a little bit of work but well woth the time. Took me about a week to do. Still have a couple small things left. Never really spent more than 2 hours at a time. It's hot as hell here in florida. Here's some pics.
In this one you can see were i left it alone.
I did inside the doors too.
In this one you can see were i left it alone.
I did inside the doors too.
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09-03-2005, 02:17 PM
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thx. 
i used 2000 grit on the whole car. 1000 in the real bad spots followed with 2000. I used the 3m Perfect-it products.
First was the compound-part# 05933 , and used pad #05723
Next was the machine glaze #05937, pad #05725
Followed by finishing glaze #05941, you can just wipe it on ,then off
Finished it off with some Meguires Gold class by hand also.
here's were i go...
http://www.levineautoparts.com/comandglaz.html
i used 2000 grit on the whole car. 1000 in the real bad spots followed with 2000. I used the 3m Perfect-it products.
First was the compound-part# 05933 , and used pad #05723
Next was the machine glaze #05937, pad #05725
Followed by finishing glaze #05941, you can just wipe it on ,then off
Finished it off with some Meguires Gold class by hand also.
here's were i go...
http://www.levineautoparts.com/comandglaz.html
Last edited by FloridaZ; 09-03-2005 at 02:29 PM.
09-03-2005, 02:21 PM
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The work you've done looks great. That paint is shiny! The only thing that it seems your car needs is a spoiler (not an SS one) to even out the lines of the car. You have a buldging front end, but nothing in the back to even the height out. Any plans for a spoiler in the future?
09-03-2005, 02:35 PM
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I vote for brickyard, but I'm biased. 
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09-03-2005, 03:24 PM
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so u uesed sand paper on the clear coat of the car? sorry im kinda new to this and i wish my paint looked alot better than it did(little scratches here and there etc.) eather way i would like to know exatly how this is done because that looks amazing, do u go over each spot once or mutupile times or just once is there a write up any where on exatly how to do this? do u need to strip off the wax w/ dawn dish soap first? sorry for all the questions
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I pretty much went panel by panel with a foam block, paper, and a bucket of water. Once you get done sanding a bit, wipe it off with a rag/paper towel. The suface should have an even white haze to it. Any orange peel not sanded enough will be very easy to spot. The recessed areas of the dimples will be darker, due to the fact the area has not yet been sanded down far enough. It takes a little time if the area is pretty bad. Sand a bit, wipe it, look at it, sand it agian, wipe....you get the point. Keep going until it's all even. I would say i made about 3 or so passes on each area i was working on with the compound. Some areas required a little extra attention. All depended on the depth of the scratches. 1-2 passes with the machine glaze, and 1 finish glaze. Unfotunatly it won't do anything for chips. At least it will make the rest stand out enought to distract people..lol. As long as the scratch isn't through to the paint, your ok. Only works for marks in the clear coat.
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here's what it looked like in the beginning
here's after the first initial sand. Noitice the spots--
here it's just about ready. needs a little more....
heres after 3 passes using compound
heres 1 pass with machine glaze, and finish glaze.
Notice the pretty clouds
here's after the first initial sand. Noitice the spots--
here it's just about ready. needs a little more....
heres after 3 passes using compound
heres 1 pass with machine glaze, and finish glaze.
Notice the pretty clouds
09-03-2005, 06:03 PM
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...also known as fat chicks *** dimples!
looks awsome, the one thing you want to stress out on wet sanding is the WET part of it!! lol alot of ppl will do that and forget to dunk the paper in the water ever few passes and end up making a worse job at it! i'l love to do that to my car sept it wouldnt really be notice that much on a silver compaired to yours!! awsome job
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Originally Posted by FloridaZ
thx.
i used 2000 grit on the whole car. 1000 in the real bad spots followed with 2000. I used the 3m Perfect-it products.
First was the compound-part# 05933 , and used pad #05723
Next was the machine glaze #05937, pad #05725
Followed by finishing glaze #05941, you can just wipe it on ,then off
Finished it off with some Meguires Gold class by hand also.
here's were i go...
http://www.levineautoparts.com/comandglaz.html
i used 2000 grit on the whole car. 1000 in the real bad spots followed with 2000. I used the 3m Perfect-it products.
First was the compound-part# 05933 , and used pad #05723
Next was the machine glaze #05937, pad #05725
Followed by finishing glaze #05941, you can just wipe it on ,then off
Finished it off with some Meguires Gold class by hand also.
here's were i go...
http://www.levineautoparts.com/comandglaz.html