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Bullmoose44
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:54 pm
I have read all the posts on here concerning cutting and buffing and have learned a lot. I am a novice at this and have tried to follow the steps as best i could. I sprayed 3 coats of SPI Universal clear, wet sanded with 600, then shot 3 more coats. I figure this will give me a good base to work with.
My problem is orange peel...I have started with 1000, then went to 1500 and still have small spots of peel. I even did the hood after several sessions and it looked great after buffing with Presta Ultra Cutting Creme and black wool pad until I turned the light and the little peel spots seemed to come out of nowhere. I even tried a section going 600, 1000, 1500 and it was not completely gone. Is this my lack of sanding long enough? I worry about breaking through, especially around body lines and edges. I read where most do not sand and buff these areas, but how do you deal with the peel that is still there? It just jumps out at me after I finish the surrounding areas.
Do I need to change paper every section? Do I need to just keep sanding in one spot regardless? This has been the most frustrating part of the whole car...it seems i can see the end and keep getting further behind. I am even considering sanding the whole thing with 600 again and respraying it to see if I can get a wetter, more laid down finish. I read on one of the posts that someone said that if you were not running it some, then you were scared of it and you would never get all the peel out of it. I also wonder about my gun and setup...it is a chear Vaper gun and I am using a 1.4 tip, 20 psi with trigger pulled. Do I need to up the pressure, open the product adjustment up some, or just go slower?
I have one sand through where I was trying to work a run out...plus a couple of edges that are bare. Thoughts on just doing it over??
I have read all the posts on here concerning cutting and buffing and have learned a lot. I am a novice at this and have tried to follow the steps as best i could. I sprayed 3 coats of SPI Universal clear, wet sanded with 600, then shot 3 more coats. I figure this will give me a good base to work with.
My problem is orange peel...I have started with 1000, then went to 1500 and still have small spots of peel. I even did the hood after several sessions and it looked great after buffing with Presta Ultra Cutting Creme and black wool pad until I turned the light and the little peel spots seemed to come out of nowhere. I even tried a section going 600, 1000, 1500 and it was not completely gone. Is this my lack of sanding long enough? I worry about breaking through, especially around body lines and edges. I read where most do not sand and buff these areas, but how do you deal with the peel that is still there? It just jumps out at me after I finish the surrounding areas.
Do I need to change paper every section? Do I need to just keep sanding in one spot regardless? This has been the most frustrating part of the whole car...it seems i can see the end and keep getting further behind. I am even considering sanding the whole thing with 600 again and respraying it to see if I can get a wetter, more laid down finish. I read on one of the posts that someone said that if you were not running it some, then you were scared of it and you would never get all the peel out of it. I also wonder about my gun and setup...it is a chear Vaper gun and I am using a 1.4 tip, 20 psi with trigger pulled. Do I need to up the pressure, open the product adjustment up some, or just go slower?
I have one sand through where I was trying to work a run out...plus a couple of edges that are bare. Thoughts on just doing it over??