Wet Sand my clear coat and buff?

[///Mposter]

I just finished my paint job as we speak. I was wondering if I should wet sand my car again at 2000 grit? Its a nice coat but i want it to be smoother and shinny. After I wet sand I should buff it right?

First time painter :D

[bmwpowere36m3]

I just finished my paint job as we speak. I was wondering if I should wet sand my car again at 2000 grit? Its a nice coat but i want it to be smoother and shinny. After I wet sand I should buff it right?

First time painter :D

Yea you definitely need to buff it after you wet sand, otherwise the paint will be extremely hazy. Just don't wet sand too much and go thru the clear.

[98BMW323is]

yeah if you want all the orange peal gone and it to basically be show car paint wet sand and buff.

[///Mposter]

When I buff do i use a wax? Or just use the pad?

[95 530i PIMP]

you use rubbing compound to polish out the small scratches caused by the sandpaper.

Basically you have your paint, then you you have your clear. You sand off a small percentage of the clearcoat and then buff the scraches with rubbing compound until the hazing from the scratches is gone. A crazy shine will result :eyecrazy You should def be using a portercable

Just be sure you dont sand all the way through the clear because this is bad

[///Mposter]

Im making sure the clear coat is really thick. I am going to probably put 2 more layers on the car before i start wet sanding it

[HBpredhunter]

call me wierd, i like the factory orange peel.

i dont like smooth paint. yea im wierd.

[Robke]

for a showcar it's nice to have this deep shine, looks real great , but for a road going car i would'nt have it on my car because you see every litle mark and every litle peace of dirt after driving it for 5 miles , you'll get crazy from it en will be buffing every day

[MatteBlackCoupeDude]

some pics of before and after buffing on my track car.

before
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/popnsplat/P1000314.jpg


after the clear had dried and been sanded /w 1800 grit and buffed.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/popnsplat/P1000427.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/popnsplat/34e19685.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/popnsplat/15bdd2b5.jpg

[MatteBlackCoupeDude]

Oh, the dog's name is Sparco. She's an absolute wimp of a junkyard dog.

Sweet as all hell, though.

[Gunslinger]

Car looks phenomenal.

[MatteBlackCoupeDude]

to be honest, I've never seen a stock-looking paintjob as good as the one on my track car (shift_irony?)

zero peel. Look at the pics, you can see the CLOUDS in the reflections off of red paint.

most cars you can hold a tape measure to the paitn and see how far you can read off of it.

4 feet is an insane paintjob...

We could see it clear as day at 16 feet. it got hazy around 30.

[Jcbe34]

When I buff do i use a wax? Or just use the pad?


No offense, but I dont think you should try to wetsand your car.

[paul e]

Wet sanding is definitely a learned skill... Id never do it to my car unless I had a lot of practice on old panels. If you need panels to practice on, sometimes you can get an old sheetmetal panel from a junkyard or body shop.. Then, prep it just like you want to prep your car, and practice all the techniques youre going to use until you can get the practice panel looking exactly how you want it. And then practice some more.. Then you might be ready to try it on your car.