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[BILL]

I am wet sanding small areas with 1500 to get some scratches out (NO CLEARCOAT) and want to know what PC pad to use and what product to use in order to get the shine back to where it should be.

What are the steps and pads/products shoud I be using.

Thanks
RedBrick

id say white or grey finishing pad and a finshing polish as DP finishing polish.....or any other finishing polish.......

[RedBrick]

Thanks you so much for the help

RedBrick

[Moises_C]

I have seen so many orange peels in every single new car! Is this going to end some day?
I mean, is part of the new´s car finish?

[Surfer]

I have seen so many orange peels in every single new car! Is this going to end some day?
I mean, is part of the new´s car finish?

Thank VOC regs, they require manufacturers to use thinner and thinner paints. Even new Bentley's, Rolls Royces etc all have orange peel. The older Vipers used to have what was considered the best paint from an factory (perfectly wetsanded and everything) no orange peel etc. Now even the new ones have a noticeable amount.

[Moises_C]

Thank VOC regs, they require manufacturers to use thinner and thinner paints. Even new Bentley's, Rolls Royces etc all have orange peel. The older Vipers used to have what was considered the best paint from an factory (perfectly wetsanded and everything) no orange peel etc. Now even the new ones have a noticeable amount.

Too bad!

then we have to live with this from now to the end of the days.....

[FloridaNative]

Thank VOC regs, they require manufacturers to use thinner and thinner paints. Even new Bentley's, Rolls Royces etc all have orange peel. The older Vipers used to have what was considered the best paint from an factory (perfectly wetsanded and everything) no orange peel etc. Now even the new ones have a noticeable amount.

That's just so wrong! Don't they know that a perfect paint finish is more important than the environment?? I'M ONLY JOKING!! SO CALIFORNIA SEND YOUR HATE MAIL TO:

STOPSCREWINGUPMYPAINTWITHORANGEPEEL.COM

BUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[Moises_C]

De verdad que perdiste un par de tornillos en la ultíma "detallada" del auto

[texasdan]

In the mass production environment, it is nearly impossible to eliminate orange peel. Every manufacturer allows some, but those such as Lexus, Mercedes, and BMW allow less in their specification. In a factory there is no "custom" work or several thin coats applied. It gets sprayed by robots, inspected, judged good or bad, then out the door. Most factory orange peel is from excessive film thickness for a single coat of paint. Remember, it gets sprayed once, and the final film thickness must be met with that 1 coat, so it is usually too much. To the factory, the main concern is corrosion protection. They must meet the required thickness first (with 1 coat), then get the appearance the best they can after that. They usually have the spray technique and paint mix perfected since the paint companies have onsite specialists to take care of this aspect, but orange peel cannot be prevented entirely.

[Racer Dude]

The paint in the first pic has bubbles in it. The second pic is not that great, so it's kind of hard to tell, but appears to have normal orange peel.