Removing Scratches Single Stage Paint

[vpr]

Hi All,

I am a newbie, but have really enjoyed this site.

I have been working on my 1956 and have run into an issue I am hoping someone can help with.

The car was painted a couple of years ago with a single stage acrylic enamel that I finally got around to wet sanding. Started with 1500 and then went to 2000.

I tried to remove the wet sanding scratches using a wool pad, MG 105 and a rotary buffer, but could not get them out!

Then tried a section with a 3000 sanding disc on a DA. This now gave me swirly scratches instead of straight, but I still couldn't get them out with the 105 and the wool pad.

After looking through some posts, it appears I must have pretty 'hard paint'!

Am I doing something wrong, or is there something else I should try?

Thanks

[allenk4]

The key is to make sure that the P1500 scratches were completely removed by the P2000

If you got swirly scratches using P3000 damp, those are likely pig tails from not keeping the sandpaper clean