Wetsanded a little too much

[johnny_abardi]

Hi everyone,

I've spent all this afternoon wetsanding back all my touchup areas applied to stone chips on the front of my daily driver (Applied last weekend). After removing the wetsanding marks with Meguiars Ultimate Compound, I noticed that a few areas I must have wetsanded too deep as it seems for lack of a better word, divoted.

Everything is ok with the paint color however, whilst compounding, I noticed the reflection isnt level, as if I've wetsanded too deep in a few spots, creating a 'divot' in the clearcoat. The only way I can really describe it is similar to hail damage.

Is there a way to level the clearcoat myself or is it going to be one of those 'respray or make do' situations?

I apologise for lack of photos but it's too dark to get a good picture.

[sproketser]

Did you wetsanded your ride ! If you went too far then you ll need to have that section done by a pro painter .

If not , some will be able to help you out in here .

[BobbyG]

To Autogeek Online!

Wet sanding will level out all the high spots as long as they're about 0.0005 deep.

Paints today are "about" 0.001 to 0.0015 thick and you can sand right through a factory finish is no time at all. The only corrective action to restore the finish now is to repaint.....and add several extra clear coats for wet sanding...

[swanicyouth]

Saying you wet sanded a little too much is like saying a girl is a little bit pregnant. You need a repaint.

[johnny_abardi]

Thanks Bobby, did alot of research here before jumping in and now I'm hooked.

I think deep down I knew a respray was the only solution but was hoping to avoid that. It doesn't look like I've gone all the way through the clear as no color appeared when compounding so since it's the daily driver it's probably not worth doing.

I guess the only comfort for me is that it doesn't stand out as much as the dozens of stone chips that were touched up.

[HellaBroke]

Saying you wet sanded a little too much is like saying a girl is a little bit pregnant. You need a repaint.

PAHAHAHAHAHA Made my entire week...

[BlackHawk]

Saying you wet sanded a little too much is like saying a girl is a little bit pregnant. You need a repaint.

LoL!!

[master detailer]

opti coat2 and let it find its own leavel drop or two will work .

[erichaley]

Short of a repaint, you won't be able to remove them unless you sand the surrounding areas down to the same level, which is a bad idea. I'm sure others may disagree, but one possible option you may have is trying to blend or soften the edges of the "divots" so that they are less visible. I can't say that I'd recommend it, but its an option...

[Flash Gordon]

Hi everyone,

I've spent all this afternoon wetsanding back all my touchup areas applied to stone chips on the front of my daily driver (Applied last weekend). After removing the wetsanding marks with Meguiars Ultimate Compound, I noticed that a few areas I must have wetsanded too deep as it seems for lack of a better word, divoted.

Everything is ok with the paint color however, whilst compounding, I noticed the reflection isnt level, as if I've wetsanded too deep in a few spots, creating a 'divot' in the clearcoat. The only way I can really describe it is similar to hail damage.

Is there a way to level the clearcoat myself or is it going to be one of those 'respray or make do' situations?

I apologise for lack of photos but it's too dark to get a good picture.

What grade of paper and what machine did you use? It might just be that you need a less aggresive paper or a stronger machine


Anyway for ?