Started to wetsand and wheel my car (detailing not repaint)
02-12-2010, 04:15 PM
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Started to wetsand and wheel my car (detailing not repaint) I meant to post this up awhile ago but when I first bought my car it had a lot of little scratches in it like brush marks, as if previous owner took it through A LOT of drive through car washes....
I started to do this last summer but I didn't get around to finishing it since its a pretty time consuming project.
My boss just started up a new detailing business (est may of 08) and it has been going very well. Well me being his main detailer I get to do what ever I want when ever I want to my car, I also have detailed for 2 years at a dealership previously to working for him.
Anyways on to the pics... These scratches not something that can be buffed out, well they probably can but I decided to use a 3000 grit trizac pad on a sander.
Here are some of the pics....
Wetsanded....
Wheeled..... ( heavy cut w/ yellow pad, light cut w/ green pad, polish w/ green pad, STS 3000 wax )
Wetsanded-
Wheeled-
So far I have right front fender, pass door, sail panel, pass rear fender, bumper, back of rear hatch, spoiler, drivers rear fender DONE!
So I have the drivers door and the bumper to do, also the hood but it really needs to be repainted (ebay SS hood)
I started to do this last summer but I didn't get around to finishing it since its a pretty time consuming project.
My boss just started up a new detailing business (est may of 08) and it has been going very well. Well me being his main detailer I get to do what ever I want when ever I want to my car, I also have detailed for 2 years at a dealership previously to working for him.
Anyways on to the pics... These scratches not something that can be buffed out, well they probably can but I decided to use a 3000 grit trizac pad on a sander.
Here are some of the pics....
Wetsanded....
Wheeled..... ( heavy cut w/ yellow pad, light cut w/ green pad, polish w/ green pad, STS 3000 wax )
Wetsanded-
Wheeled-
So far I have right front fender, pass door, sail panel, pass rear fender, bumper, back of rear hatch, spoiler, drivers rear fender DONE!
So I have the drivers door and the bumper to do, also the hood but it really needs to be repainted (ebay SS hood)
haha! Well it worked pretty good
02-12-2010, 04:47 PM
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Oh and the detail looks good
02-12-2010, 04:53 PM
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So basically you are using fine *** sand paper and sanding down a little of the clear coat? I wish that would work for deep scratches, I have one on my door that goes down to the primer its about an inch long. Something in the shop fell on it...
Oh and the detail looks good
Oh and the detail looks good
Thanks
02-12-2010, 05:20 PM
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Looks very nice man! Have you tried the Meguiar's 105 and 205 combo? It eliminates the 3 step system that has traditionally been used. 105 is the compound, 205 is the finishing polish. It uses microabrasives, which allow the process to go from 1500 sanding scratches to an LS ready finish in 2 steps.
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02-12-2010, 05:46 PM
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Thank you! I should look pretty flawless when the sun hits it! No more swirls finally!!!
Sounds pretty neat, I haven't heard of this! Really all I have used is 3M's line up and Detail kings line up.
Thank you!!! The trizac pad does work some wonders, espically if your looking to scuff up a small scratch and dont want to worry about sand scratches.
Looks very nice man! Have you tried the Meguiar's 105 and 205 combo? It eliminates the 3 step system that has traditionally been used. 105 is the compound, 205 is the finishing polish. It uses microabrasives, which allow the process to go from 1500 sanding scratches to an LS ready finish in 2 steps.
Thank you!!! The trizac pad does work some wonders, espically if your looking to scuff up a small scratch and dont want to worry about sand scratches.
02-12-2010, 07:01 PM
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Looks good. This is the Trizac 3m product? I hadn't seen this before. What type of sander do you use it with? I've hand wet sanded before and if this can be done by machine that would make life easier especially when I got to paint my 69.
02-12-2010, 07:06 PM
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With the Trizac you can use them on a D/A sander. I use 1500 then move up to the 3000 after Iv painted a car...makes buffing sooo much faster and easyer. Its pretty cool how it works! You wouldnt think its sandpaper its that soft..
02-12-2010, 08:39 PM
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looks good. how did wetsanding the sail panel turn out? mine has a ton of swirl marks but i'm afraid to sand it because it also has those stupid bubbles.
you can fill it in with some touch up paint, then wet sand it down to match the rest of the paint.
you can fill it in with some touch up paint, then wet sand it down to match the rest of the paint.
02-12-2010, 10:39 PM
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Very nice! That sail panel looks sweet.. I wonder about the sanding process on it as well, if you have the bubbles. I am starting to get them just a little bit so don't want to make it worse by sanding. Plan on detailing mine this spring sometime but don't think it needs sand paper just yet, just some compound.
02-13-2010, 10:27 AM
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I will definitly have to try this out after I paint the 69 now. I had read that doing this with a sander was going to be too rough and cause too deep of scratch marks. I've done hand wet sanding on everything I've painted so far and doing it on the whole car will be a nightmare.
