Pros and Cons of Wet-sanding
Pros and Cons of Wet-sanding Ive heard it pulls out all the scratches and orange peel in paint. But i have also heard it messes up the clear coat. Any paint pros in here that can help? Thanks!
also if someone could tell me what all is involved, or needs to be done. Polishing? etc.
I got a quote from the guy that has painted my car before, and he told me 250 bucks for a wetsand of my whole car. Is that about right? The company does top notch work for alot of the car dealers here in Houston so i believe he knows what hes doing. But does 250 bucks sound about right?
I got a quote from the guy that has painted my car before, and he told me 250 bucks for a wetsand of my whole car. Is that about right? The company does top notch work for alot of the car dealers here in Houston so i believe he knows what hes doing. But does 250 bucks sound about right?
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Wetsanding will remove deeper scratches and reduce orange peel. The drawback is that it removes a fair amount of clear.
It will leave sanding marks in the clearcoat which have to be buffed and polished out. $250 sounds pretty reasonable to me. If the shop does satisfactory work for you, I'd say go for it.
It will leave sanding marks in the clearcoat which have to be buffed and polished out. $250 sounds pretty reasonable to me. If the shop does satisfactory work for you, I'd say go for it.
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That's really up to you. If you take proper care of your finish, it should need polishing more than once or twice a year. The clear should be fine, but there are always chances when dealing with clearcoats.
How bad does the orange peel bother you?
How bad does the orange peel bother you?
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If he know what he is going I would go for it, you might be happy with a good polishing.
Here is a link on basically what is involved:
http://www.carcraft.com/howto/926/
Here is a link on basically what is involved:
http://www.carcraft.com/howto/926/
I wet sanded a few spots on my car when I did my last detailing job, to get out some of the deeper scratches. Basically, what it does is remove enough clear coat to get beneath the scratch, then you buff out the scuff marks with good polish. It is a pretty scary proposition, because if too much clear is removed, you're screwed.
If you want the orange peel reduced, wet sanding the whole thing is the way to go. If you're just looking to remove deeper scratches, try good polish, a machine polisher, and/or compound before wet sanding.
-Mike
If you want the orange peel reduced, wet sanding the whole thing is the way to go. If you're just looking to remove deeper scratches, try good polish, a machine polisher, and/or compound before wet sanding.
-Mike
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[QUOTE=ZaneO]Wetsanding will remove deeper scratches and reduce orange peel. The drawback is that it removes a fair amount of clear.
It will remove ALL of the orange peel when done correctly.On factory paint DO NOT,I repeat,DO NOT go below 1000 grit(wet or dry),unless you know what you are doing.As far as the price goes sounds a little cheap,might just be going to the body line moulding,instead of all the way down,ask before they start,and get them to do the strip up and over the top
It will remove ALL of the orange peel when done correctly.On factory paint DO NOT,I repeat,DO NOT go below 1000 grit(wet or dry),unless you know what you are doing.As far as the price goes sounds a little cheap,might just be going to the body line moulding,instead of all the way down,ask before they start,and get them to do the strip up and over the top
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[QUOTE=SSZSLP;1527759] If you want to really do it right an have the money $$ paint the entire vehicle afterwards wet sand the entire vehicle make sure that you are using a soft block while doing it make sure that you get all the orange peel out of the clear coat an do not burn through just take enough down to get it nice an flat once this is done wash the entire vehicle off let it dry use an air gun make sure you get all dust an debris out of cracks moldings and undercarriage etc.. re-mask vehicle. Then go ahead and lay down 3 good wet costs of clear let it dry for day or so and then wet sand the entire vehicle again using a soft block knock then once done buff out the entire vehicle you will have plenty of clear coat on your vehicle as well as a hell of a mirror finish.
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Wetsanding will remove deeper scratches and reduce orange peel. The drawback is that it removes a fair amount of clear.
It will remove ALL of the orange peel when done correctly.On factory paint DO NOT,I repeat,DO NOT go below 1000 grit(wet or dry),unless you know what you are doing.As far as the price goes sounds a little cheap,might just be going to the body line moulding,instead of all the way down,ask before they start,and get them to do the strip up and over the top
It will remove ALL of the orange peel when done correctly.On factory paint DO NOT,I repeat,DO NOT go below 1000 grit(wet or dry),unless you know what you are doing.As far as the price goes sounds a little cheap,might just be going to the body line moulding,instead of all the way down,ask before they start,and get them to do the strip up and over the top
