My First Wetsand!

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

So my mom drives around a Chevy Equinox, and yesterday I noticed she had two pretty decent scratches on her rear passenger door. I felt them to see how deep they were and indeed my fingernail caught them. I thought I might be able to compound them out, but decided since my nail caught, to go straight to wetsanding. Since this was the first time I've ever done this, I got some help from forum members Asphalt Rocket and Loudog. I used 2000 grit 3M wetsand paper. Now on to the pictures:

Here I taped off the section I wanted to sand down so that I wouldn't scratch the surrounding paint making more work for myself later on. You can really see how deep the scratch was:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d182/jar05g/001.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d182/jar05g/002.jpg

This is what I was left with after:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d182/jar05g/003.jpg

In order to bring the paint back to it's original gloss, I brought out Menz SIP/Nano along with my PC and an orange, white, and blue 4" LC CCS pads:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d182/jar05g/005.jpg

After the polishing, these were the results I achieved:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d182/jar05g/006.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d182/jar05g/007.jpg

What looks like scratches at the bottom of the section is actually my camera cord hanging down. PC was used at speed 6. All in all, I am very pleased with the results I achieved. Like I said, this was my first time ever attempting this, and I was able to achieve 100% correction. I looked from every possible angle and there was nothing left. I'm open to comments or suggestions as I'd really like to get good at wetsanding because I feel it's an important tool in any detailer's arsenal. Thanks!!! :cheers:

[tWiStEd-tORqUe]

WOW, i was allways afraid of wetsanding but after this i can fix up some scratches on my moms Mitsu Galant

Gr8 job ,, appreciated if u can tell me the how to,

TIA

[Eliran]

Wow that is a really nice job and for the first time that is impressive. :cheers:

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

Yeah man, I'd be happy to help. Keep in mind I'm definitely no pro, but I'll be happy to help ya out. PM me whenever you want.

[Rsurfer]

Good job. Did you not finish down the 2000 with a lighter grit?

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

No...that was the finest I had at the time. I bought 800, 1000, and 2000 yesterday. I looked for 3000, but there wasn't any.

[Rsurfer]

No...that was the finest I had at the time. I bought 800, 1000, and 2000 yesterday. I looked for 3000, but there wasn't any.
So the SIP with an orange pad took out the 2000 marks completely on a PC @ 6?

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

That is right :).

[Rsurfer]

That is right :).
Got to try that, Thanks

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

I take it you don't believe me? It says on the SIP product page that it removes 2000 grit sanding marks. :(

[Rsurfer]

I take it you don't believe me? It says on the SIP product page that it removes 2000 grit sanding marks. :(
Why did you say that, all I was doing was confirming what you said. Quit being defensive. I even thanked you. BTW I know what the SIP bottle said.

[agpatel21]

I recently did that on my car, i had a few deep scratches i wet sanded. I also filled in some chips with touch up paint, wet sanded the blob down and then used SIP over it. Cant even tell were the chips were now.

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

I'm not being serious. It's the problem with internet talk. Not on the defensive, just want to make sure the results I saw with my eyes are the same on this thread. If I need to take more pictures with different lighting I can, and I appreciate your compliments. I know you're an experienced detailer and compliments from pros means a lot. Sorry if I came across wrong.

[Joshs2013MSAltimaSL]

I recently did that on my car, i had a few deep scratches i wet sanded. I also filled in some chips with touch up paint, wet sanded the blob down and then used SIP over it. Cant even tell were the chips were now.

Menzerna is great stuff. There's no way I could have done this without it .

[Rsurfer]

I'm not being serious. It's the problem with internet talk. Not on the defensive, just want to make sure the results I saw with my eyes are the same on this thread. If I need to take more pictures with different lighting I can, and I appreciate your compliments. I know you're an experienced detailer and compliments from pros means a lot. Sorry if I came across wrong.
No problem, Bro:D