Buffing Orange Peel
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Buffing Orange Peel
Alright I just finished my paint job about a week or 2 ago and am about to start buffing. Have a small spot or two of what seems to be bad orange peel (looks a little rough like sandpaper kind of but you can tell its clearcoat because of the shine) used 2 quarts of clear, not sure how many coats it come out to be tho because my bro cleared it and am afraid to sand through this getting the orange peel smooth but don't want to do a repaint and am NOT leaving those little bad orange peel spots. Suggestions? I feel most safe with sanding and buffing because I think the clear is thick enough.
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I'm not exactly sure you can polish orange peel away. But I've never tried. In my experience you have to sand it down. If 2 quarts of clear were used to paint that you'll have more than enough to wetsand before you hit paint. I'd suggest wetsanding with some 2000 grit. Just take your time and use a sanding block to make sure it's sanded evenly. Just sand lightly a little at a time and wipe it down to check the finish. Once it's uniformly dull polish it back up with rubbing compound and it'll look like glass.
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Thanks guys and yeah knew I would have to wetsand a little was just afraid I wouldn't have enough clear to sand it to that glass finish but Lotus289 makes a good point 2 quarts of clear should be enough to allow me to sand it out Thanks again for the help
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ok, did you spray the whole car with two quarts of clear or did i miss something? it will take alot more than two quarts to put enough clear on the car to get a glass like finish. also, two quarts or not, i would suggest taping ALL edges/adjacent panels to what you are sanding so you dont cut through any corners, that will be the first place to cut through. good luck. but honestly, two quarts isnt enough.
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o.p, to give you an idea, we sprayed a motorcycle today, katana 600. used a quart of clear on it and covered two coats, one medium, one wet. plenty to wetsand on.. but when you spread that plus one more over an entire car... not so much.
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I used every bit of 5 quarts of clear on my car, and didn't even spray the rear bumper or hatch. With 2 quarts, I'd be scared to sand on it at all, especially anywhere near the edges. Lightly hit it with 1500, and go over that with 2000. Stay away from the edges.
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yea, i used JUSt under a gallon on mine and it was a 2:1 mix so all said and done it was a gallon and a half, didnt do underside of hood, sprayed the jambs but didnt clear them.
i am still shocked that the first people to reply said "oh, yea,thats plenty to wetsand and buff on"
more than likely he got dry spry and peel because he didnt have enough clear for it to flow out well to begin with and the gun probably needed some adjusting.
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yea, i used JUSt under a gallon on mine and it was a 2:1 mix so all said and done it was a gallon and a half, didnt do underside of hood, sprayed the jambs but didnt clear them.
i am still shocked that the first people to reply said "oh, yea,thats plenty to wetsand and buff on"
more than likely he got dry spry and peel because he didnt have enough clear for it to flow out well to begin with and the gun probably needed some adjusting.
i am still shocked that the first people to reply said "oh, yea,thats plenty to wetsand and buff on"
more than likely he got dry spry and peel because he didnt have enough clear for it to flow out well to begin with and the gun probably needed some adjusting.
i think i'll just keep my trap shut next time, seems more people have more experience than i do with painting.
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Thanks guys it was my first full car paint job me and my brother done so I wasn't sure how far to go. I just listened to the paint shops here. But wetsanding and buffing is coming along fine. Making sure to stay away from edged. In my experience buffing on F bodies whether its 2 coats or 20 when you try buffing around the sharp edges on our cars the paint seems to just grab the buffer.
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Ah its cool tho lucky for me I've had a lot of wetsand and buffing experience. From what I hear any car will have a small ammount of orange peel so my skills shall come in handy in the future as well