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Old 04-24-2006, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by TransAm_00
J/K. If a body shop does a real bad job with the paint and clear,
again......cars come with orange peel from the factory, just because it has slight orange peel doesn't mean it's a bad paint job. Maybe it's bad bodywork?
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Orange peel is a side effect of spray painting. You can minimize it with technique, but it will still happen to some degree. If you want the finish to look like glass, you have to wetsand and buff.
Before you do that, though, you need to make sure that the shop put down 3-4 coats of clear for wetsanding.
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Originally Posted by TransAm_00
The color is pewter. In direct sunlight you could not see the orange peel and reflections look good. But when driving and looking out the drivers side mirror, the paint on the door looks foggy. And when in the shade and looking at the doors from outside the car, everything is just blury and reflections don't look right.


i would also agree to take it back. if you do not know how to wet sand and rub you could burn the paint and you will be worse off than you are now. i detail cars and have seen some diasters come in the shop from people trying to do it themselves.
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Is it too late to sand the clear down a little and get 3 or 4 more coats on????



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