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Wet Sanded some of the WS6 today

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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 01:28 AM
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Default Wet Sanded some of the WS6 today

I used 2000 grit and 3m rubbing compound and OMG its amazing I can't wait to do the whole car no matter how much time it takes does anyone have some advice
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 01:30 AM
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Don't **** up
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 01:43 AM
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honestly how can I?
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 01:54 AM
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Pics?
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 02:05 AM
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I didnt do nearly enough to be pic worthy I plan to do is tomro for the whole day and try to get in the shade because it says not to do it in the sun and hot surface
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 02:25 AM
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You could **** up by sanding through the clear coat on trouble spots.... Be careful around edges thats a sure way to burn through the clear coat.
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by nitr0racing21
honestly how can I?

WOW, askin this & alreay started the sanding. Maybe you should have done a little more reading first & this question wouldnt have been asked.

Like stated be careful & dont get over excited cause its real easy to trash a good clear coat by tryin to wet sand it & not doin it properly.
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 09:12 AM
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My thoughts exactly....ask for advice after the fact? So why were you wetsanding to begin with?? To remove orange peel or really bad scratches?
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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Combo of both orang peel and swirls, I only did a small 3x3 sectoin on my headlight cover, I have a spare headlight cover so I knew I would be safe
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 09:48 AM
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Yea, just be really careful. Wet sanding is like a art almost. It takes practice & is easliy messed up with even just a tiny bit too much pressure.
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by BIG_MIKE2005
Yea, just be really careful. Wet sanding is like a art almost. It takes practice & is easliy messed up with even just a tiny bit too much pressure.
I don't use to much pressure at all I let the paper do the work ya know. I am going outside in a little bit so I will try to get pictures for you
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 09:57 AM
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Is this on the factory paint? I've been wondering how thick the clear coat is, how much it will tolerate.
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 09:59 AM
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Yea its factory, I don't plan to go through it but there seems to be enough there and if not I know of a good body shop lol
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ShevrolayZ28
Is this on the factory paint? I've been wondering how thick the clear coat is, how much it will tolerate.
It's not very thick at all. If you ever get peeling or fading of it like on my car you realize real quick the general cheaped out on our paint.
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 10:02 AM
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I am not a body guy would we be able to get clear sprayed on it?
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I would say just leave this to the pro's and definatley dont do this your self. I sure as hell wouldnt do it to my ride.
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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Heck I'm scared enough to try and wetsand the clear I put on my VHTed tails because I'm afraid I'll screw them up. I can't imagine taking sandpaper to my paint, regardless of how bad of shape it is in right now
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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Here's my crappy DD after I bought it and started to wetsand it two summers ago. I think Maaco painted it as I found out it was in at least one accident. I know this is no show car but I just wanted to paint to look better so I thought I'd start working on it back then. It turned out pretty good and about 90% better then when I bought it.

When I got it...




After wetsanding





This shows what it looked like after I started to buff it with the P&C.



This is what the same area looks like today. I need to go back over the whole thing now to remove more scratches with the M105 and finish the bottom part under the trim. I never finished it


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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 02:23 PM
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well I am done the driver side door and front fender took over 4 hours
i plan to put some pics in about 5 mins
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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