Sanded & buffed

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I know I've stuck up pic's of the car before but I thought this was interesting as it was the first time trying a trizac disc....

this is wet sanded up to 2000P starting with a fir block @ 800 & 1000 then 1500 & 2K on a soft pad then a 3K trizac disc spritzed
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this is about 3 minutes with black wool & Meg 105
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this is w/white Lake Co. Kompressor pad w/Meg 205
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should of used a flash but I was impressed how good it came out with the trizac as a last step before compounding, those things are pretty amazing. This is all done on my Makita buffer. Thanks for all the help everyone, much appreciated.
 
Looks good. Fyi those trizact discs are designed to sand out 1500 scratches. No real need for you to goto 2000. Just an extra step you can cut out to save some time......nextime.
 
Thanks guys, I want to see the rest too! I know Jim you said 1500 & go on the trizac but I was being paranoid thinking this is the biggest piece of real estate on the front of the car so I wanted it to be as good as possible, like you said though it probably doesn't matter & I'm wasting my time.

At certain angles I can still see swirl marks & scratches, not many but some - can one really get a completely scratch free panel if cut & buffed properly? Seems kind of impossible, at least for me:rolleyes:
 
Which clear is it that you used?? Universal?? Seems to be the one most of the time.. How long since you sprayed it?? Has any of it seen the sun/UV's to bake and pull solvents??
Was it 1 clear session or 2??
 
i go all the way to 2500 before trizac . but then i use every grit from 600 up. to me sanding is much easier than buffing. but hell i'm old and lazy.......
 
Bondoking;1584 said:
Which clear is it that you used?? Universal?? Seems to be the one most of the time.. How long since you sprayed it?? Has any of it seen the sun/UV's to bake and pull solvents??
Was it 1 clear session or 2??
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BK - Universal clear, about 2 or 3 months, no laying around in the sun just in the shop & probably has 4 coats of clear on it. I think I had to sand off some bubbles & dirt then it got sanded again & sprayed before this cut & buff.

Shine - did ya notice I got smarter & taped the edges! Did you go to 2500 before buffing after doing jobs only up to say 1500 or 2000 and still seeing scratches?

One other thing thats bugged me is trying to figure out how much sanding is actually needed after the iniital course grit, i.e. to cover the 800 how much of the 1000 is needed and on up the line? Is it just an amount of time sanding or do you judge it by the look? its awfully hard to tell by looking & just makes me wonder if I'm sanding to little in between grits ???

Without having had the opportunity to work alongside someone doing the perfect cut & buff job I've got nothing to gauge against to see what I'm doing right or wrong in the process. Internet education is OK (not complaining , I got this far with it) but nothing beats hands on experience from someone who really know what their doing.
 
i just use every grit. each is designed to remove the last grit. you can alternate direction to tell if your done. a 5 in lighted magnifying glass helps. and yes blue tape is your friend.
 
What kind of block do most of you use for your first cut ??
 
lately ive been going 1200 to 2k, to trizac for the quikie jobs.
 
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