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First of all welcome to Geek!
Yes, with the proper TOOL'S and TECHNIQUE, you to can achieve a show car finish. Read up your in the right place.
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I thought mirror finish was when the car got color sanded to zero orange peel?
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Re: Detailing over factory paint with orange peel
Oops , I got the UC and UP photos mixed up... Too late to edit.
I see swirls everywhere!!!
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Re: Detailing over factory paint with orange peel
Wow thanks a lot Fishincricket! Those truly are some great results!
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Re: Detailing over factory paint with orange peel
First of all:
Welcome to AGO!!
Originally Posted by duffthebluff
Were you guys able to achieve a "mirror-like" finish on the paint even if it had some minor peel?
Originally Posted by hernandez.art13
I thought mirror finish was when the car got color sanded to zero orange peel?
^^^Good point, Art.^^^
Question:
Is this a DD or a Show Car that you're detailing?
-Surely, 'abrading the paint' with your below detailing-procedure:
Originally Posted by duffthebluff
a proper detailing procedure (wash - clay - polish - glaze - sealant - wax)
...will enhance the looks of the vehicle to a point. But any orange peel...IMO...
will take away from the smoothness/gloss/reflectiveness that a mirror finish provides.
-OEM CC thickness-specs usually call for it to be applied thin:
~ 1.5-1.7 mils...and getting thinner and thinner all the time, it seems.
[BTW: 1 mil = 25 microns/.001"]
Therefore:
There is very little margin for "abrading-error" as it is, so you're talking about taking
a lot of risk by further reducing the thickness/(thinness) of OEM-CC by sanding it smooth...
including the CC's "built-in" UV protection that may be compromised.
-I still don’t think 'correcting' OEM-CC orange peel is worth it.
To me...
It’s almost like getting a birthmark removed and expecting no scar.
Bob
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
~Joaquin de Setanti
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Re: Detailing over factory paint with orange peel
Originally Posted by duffthebluff
Wow thanks a lot Fishincricket! Those truly are some great results!
Bear in mind that I made no attempt to reduce the "orange peel" necessarily, but I'd call those results "good enough" for a factory clear coat...
I see swirls everywhere!!!
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If that is the stock (OEM) orange peel then just leave the clear coat. I know how to color sand and I wouldn't do it to a smooth finish unless it had extra layers of clear coat. Because if I did the car to a smooth finish it would be left with thin CC. Need to see pictures but you might get away with just polish and not having to buff it.
Got this picture through my friends FB so wasn't there to see it in person, but I am pretty sure this has a mirror finish. (Smooth) probably like 6 layers or up of CC
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Re: Detailing over factory paint with orange peel
Originally Posted by FUNX725
First of all:
Welcome to AGO!!
Question:
Is this a DD or a Show Car that you're detailing?
Hi Bob, thanks for the reply. This is only a Daily Driver car so I won't in any way color sand the car Just want to make it look shiny with deep color and as Fishincricket showed in this thread, you can make out a great work with the factory finish
Originally Posted by Fishincricket
Bear in mind that I made no attempt to reduce the "orange peel" necessarily, but I'd call those results "good enough" for a factory clear coat...
Thanks Fishincricket, actually I was supposed to ask you that next, if those are truly factory clear coat but I think you read my mind
Originally Posted by hernandez.art13
If that is the stock (OEM) orange peel then just leave the clear coat. I know how to color sand and I wouldn't do it to a smooth finish unless it had extra layers of clear coat. Because if I did the car to a smooth finish it would be left with thin CC. Need to see pictures but you might get away with just polish and not having to buff it.
Got this picture through my friends FB so wasn't there to see it in person, but I am pretty sure this has a mirror finish. (Smooth) probably like 6 layers or up of CC
Exactly, I won't in any way color sand the car because it's the stock paint. Thanks for the reply!
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