did some work on my tailgate

[rousher99]

the past week I have been working on wet sanding , buffing, and using touch up paint. here are some before pictures



here are some nasty scratches around where the original dealer sticker was.



and a huge gash



i first used a solvent to strip all the wax and product from the paint, then i touched up the huge scratch with some touch up paint from autozone. after i let the paint dry over night i wet sanded the touchup paint so it was even with the original paint.


then i used my g110 with an orabge cobra cross groove pad



and meguiars #2


and took care of these scratches


then i whent over it with meguiars #7 showcar polish



and here is the outcome of the scratch




and where the dealer name was



i think i did better than i expected, thought that i was gonna sand all the way to a primer for some reason. tell me what you guys think

-kory

[charliehaley]

Great job. I want to get into wet sanding some but im afraid i wont be able to remove all the sanding scratches with my PC. Did you have any trouble with your dual action?

[rousher99]

no, i just spred it on worked it on speed 3 then when it was all spread out i kicked it up to speed 6 with moderate pressure and slow arm movement

[Rsurfer]

How does it look to you in person? Have you looked at it in the sun?

[rousher99]

yah, it looks like a new tailgate with a slite "scratch" in it. no swirls, no deep scratches, just the little line you see

[Rsurfer]

I guess you just can't get the color of the paint to match perfectly, but it probably looks a 100xs better than before. Good job.

[robb01]

good work

[rousher99]

the "scratch you see in the after pic is actually the light bouncing off the sharp edgesi guess i didnt get the paint thick enough