What is Orange Peel and can I remove it with a Porter Cable DA Polisher?

[rainmancp]

very interesting, so i think i will try it the wet sanding way

i will wash my car and try to get some pictures up so you guys can see how bad or not so bad the orange peel is. it might just be my imagination

[Mike Phillips]

very interesting, so i think i will try it the wet sanding way

If possible, ask your painter how many coats of clear he sprayed...

Also, when you get ready to do this ONLY sand a small section and see how hard it is to get your sanding marks out...

I've been typing this for years....

It's easy to sand paint... that's putting the scratches in... the tricky part is getting them out....

[Donnym]

Just thought I would add my 2 cents into the conversation.

Almost ever paint job has some orange peel in it. The more severe orange peel typically comes from having the wrong air pressure at the spray gun resulting in poor atomization of the paint. When you use compressed air to spray paint you are actually breaking the paint up into very tiny particals or "dots", the smaller the partical the finer the finish will be. If the air pressure is to low the bigger the "dots" will be and thus the orange peel effect. It really should be the responsibilty of the body shop but wet sanding and then compounding out the scratches is really the best way to remove them assuming like Mike said, there's enough clear coat to work with.

[RaskyR1]

I doubt any paint job would have lifetime warranty work.

Actually any reputable shop will offer a lifetime warranty on workmanship. My father has been doing body work for over 40 years now and actually owned his own shop for 10 of those years. It's the hack shops that likely won't stand behind their work.


Cheers,
Rasky