ZaneO

Looks like you did a fantastic job!

Keep it protected!

ThatGuySkye

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You got big ***** man! LOL

ohsofast

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Looks real good

Avengeance

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I want to try this so bad but I think Im gonna try on a donor panel first.... maybe a few times.

Looks good!

MrPongoSS

Looks really good!

1BADTALS1

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yeah i know my car needs it but im too scared to try it. any tips? can you go into a little more depth on how you did it? car looks great. oh and my car is black.

LastHawk02

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i see you got the car, congrats wanna do another white one? haha

White.Lightning

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Nice job man. I plan on doing that to my whole car once I grab another DD. Right now too much **** gets on the car for me to "waste" my time doing it.

Andy

Sgt. Spuds

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The only real "tip" I can think of is to keep your fingers together, don't spread them out. Put equal pressure on the piece of paper ( bout six inches by 4 is the size I used ) and keep it wet. I just used straight water when I wet sanded mine, I was just practicing on the car though, b/c we painted the car, so instead of just prepping the car, I decided to wet sand the car to try and make it look good on one panel. It was really easy, and went pretty fast actually, and I NEVER burnt threw the 10 year old clear.

WhiteRhino

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Looks good! Ive buffed my white car a couple of times with some 3m fine cut to get it deep/glossy looking. I know its only white as well but every little bit helps.

YoungGunLs1

Looks great man!

Gotta love arctic white on these cars!



I bet it looks amazing in person...white is one of those colors that is hard to capture in pictures..

Hawk312

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Make sure the car is clean before starting, maybe wash with warm water and dish detergent like I did to strip all wax/oils. I started with a full sheet of sandpaper wrapped around a sponge to keep pressure even. I tried not to spend to much time in one area. Spray with the spray bottle often while your sanding, as any little piece of dirt will make all your work in vain, and you wont know until the final finish after you have already spent hours! Check often while sanding, as you want to sand just enough to remove the orange peel and get a flat surface. Also, rinse, dry, and go over with a tack cloth after sanding with each different grade of sandpaper.
Be careful while buffing near sharp edges, especially with the coarser compounds. I taped the edges of the panels adjacent to the panel I was working on.
It will take a loooonnnng time, but it is worth it, IMO. Even on WHITE! With black, you are going to take extra time with the finer compounds to get out the "haze" (you`ll see what I mean).

Koncrete

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I had my car repainted at a GM place, black with violet pearl, it looks like a factory job with all the "orange peel" I guess this is what I need to do to get it looking good....


I'm skerred though, since I will be close to baltimore (I live/work in DC again in June) what do you think about mentoring? I'll buy the beer?

camaroextra

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Of course you didnt burn through. when you wetsand and buff the factory clear, it gets too thin, especially on top of the fenders, and eventually uv rays will cause the clear to lose its bond with the paint. In 1-3 years your clear will come off the top of your fenders. Not trying to be mean, im just telling you what will happen if you dont get it re-cleared

Hawk312

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I`m not trying to be mean, but I seriously doubt it. I have seen factory clear coats that were wetsanded and buffed over 5 years ago without any signs of what you are saying, and in fact still look better than factory. In theory, you may be right. I just never have seen it simply because of wetsanding. I would rather take a chance with that than to have it it re-cleared and taking the chance of the new clear not liking the old and lifting, or a body shop guy getting his fingerprints on the car just before clear coating and having it lift (which I do have an experience with).
Also, I plan to keep this well maintained with many coats of Zaino. It would be crazy to wetsand an entire car and not take care of it.
Regardless, I could care less since this only comes out of the garage on the weekends.

camaroextra

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true. i was just looking out for a fellow ls1 owner. I just put in my 2 cents because i work at a shop that mainly builds and paints f-bodies, and i have seen that happen before. this is florida though, and not all the cars have been garaged all week.

car does look awesome!

Hawk312

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Thanks, and that`s cool. I have seen clear lifting on some f-bodies, mine included. But I think it was because it was a daily driver that sat in the sun without being polished/waxed often.