JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
After a success first Paint Job I am starting to learn how to cut and buff..
http://www.spiuserforum.com/index.php?threads/first-paint-job.4731/
I have worked on 1/2 the trunk lid, rear quarter and a door now. I have tried
1) 1500 with a soft backer pad on a DA. This causes some pig tails due to the DA action.... not sure if it was a piece of dirt or what.
2) Hand sanded with 1000 then 1500 then buffed with Chemical guys foam pads on a DA
3) Hand sanded with 1000 then 1500 then buffed with the classic wool pad/black foam pad on a buffer
This was all with the Presta 2 step polish system recommended by my local auto body supply shop. The quarter panel came out nice. The door is hard to describe. Photos don't show it well. It is nice a slick smooth but it looks.... the best I can describe it is cloudy looking down the side of the car. The quarter and trunk lid clearly have urethane wave that I can live with. It has enough curves that I think it masks what I am seeing. The door is very flat so it is exaggerated. I don't see any scratches in left from the sanding. It maybe the wave is very bad on the door. Now that I understand all this I should not have put 5 coats of UC on all at once. If I carefully block the large flat areas with something more aggressive than 1000 and then move to 1000 and 1500 am I asking for trouble?
Suggestions?
Thanks,
Jim
http://www.spiuserforum.com/index.php?threads/first-paint-job.4731/
I have worked on 1/2 the trunk lid, rear quarter and a door now. I have tried
1) 1500 with a soft backer pad on a DA. This causes some pig tails due to the DA action.... not sure if it was a piece of dirt or what.
2) Hand sanded with 1000 then 1500 then buffed with Chemical guys foam pads on a DA
3) Hand sanded with 1000 then 1500 then buffed with the classic wool pad/black foam pad on a buffer
This was all with the Presta 2 step polish system recommended by my local auto body supply shop. The quarter panel came out nice. The door is hard to describe. Photos don't show it well. It is nice a slick smooth but it looks.... the best I can describe it is cloudy looking down the side of the car. The quarter and trunk lid clearly have urethane wave that I can live with. It has enough curves that I think it masks what I am seeing. The door is very flat so it is exaggerated. I don't see any scratches in left from the sanding. It maybe the wave is very bad on the door. Now that I understand all this I should not have put 5 coats of UC on all at once. If I carefully block the large flat areas with something more aggressive than 1000 and then move to 1000 and 1500 am I asking for trouble?
Suggestions?
Thanks,
Jim