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Old 12-23-2008, 02:13 PM
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how long would it take to do my whole car like this?
and is there any real benefit to the wetsanding over just polishing? idk... just lookin for info.
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Old 12-23-2008, 02:26 PM
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Polishing wont remove orange peel
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Old 12-23-2008, 02:27 PM
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thank you.
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time depends on how much wet sanding is needed. Could be 20 hours, but could easily top 50.
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Old 12-23-2008, 06:50 PM
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Hey Gofast, You might want to invest in one of these.
http://www.auto-paint-meter.com/incl...nformation.pdf
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Old 12-23-2008, 08:00 PM
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I would love to try this out on my dakota..but I'm almost positive you'd have to have a porter cable and all I have is a ryobi thing that goes in circles basically used to spread wax and keep my wrist from hurting lol
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Old 12-23-2008, 08:21 PM
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Porter Cable at least, Rotary would make much faster work of it though
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Dang for your first time that was pretty good no it's time to do the rest of the car!
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Old 12-23-2008, 09:09 PM
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Looks amazing man, nice job for sure.
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damn that came out good
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GoFast908Z,

Thats some good work and lots of *****. I guess that spoiler was just for practice right ?
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Thanks guys! I definately want to pick up a paint guage too!

Yeah this is for practice, but I plan on doing my entire car very soon.
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Old 12-24-2008, 01:40 AM
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Nice work... FYI paint gauges dont work accurately on SMC and fiberglass parts.... only metal.
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whats SMC?
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Old 12-24-2008, 07:24 AM
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What most of a Corvette is made of and a few parts on a F-body like the doors and hood etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_Moulding_Composite
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Originally Posted by Havok2
you shoulda buffed the part next to it, without sanding see how that would look?
Great Job man! I agree with the above statement as well.
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i looks sick but i dont have the ***** to dio that specially bbecause factory clear coat is thin as ****.....unless that was an aftermarket painted item...you have big giant huevos my friend it looks awsome
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Originally Posted by Cobra4B
Nice work... FYI paint gauges dont work accurately on SMC and fiberglass parts.... only metal.
yeah depending on what hood you have this will really only work on the quarter panels
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Originally Posted by phantomzer0
Wow, ******* awesome!!! Great job dude!
agreed
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Originally Posted by davidadavila
i looks sick but i dont have the ***** to dio that specially bbecause factory clear coat is thin as ****.....unless that was an aftermarket painted item...you have big giant huevos my friend it looks awsome
haha, now i'm scared to get a paint thickness guage to check how much is left!

*edit: is there a guage that can read that?*
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