Yes rotary for earlier steps should be ok. Using DA for all steps works take a long long time unless you have one of the stronger and quite expensive da's
I've used a high quality exterior automotive clear coat for coating headlights in the past. So far both sets of headlights I've done this way (sanding starting at about 240 and going up to about...
Try Trizact 3000 on a DA to refine the scratches. 3M recommends their "interface" pad to even the pressure across the surface and help you not go too hard on corners/body lines. You can even go to...
Are you going to re-base it or just re spray the clear? You really need to get the orange peel out of what you have now first or you'll just be trying to cover it up, which isn't going to make...
Gotcha--I need to order a smaller backing plate so I can try some of the smaller pads. Obviously I'll give it a shot with what I have first to see if it works well enough to finish off this project
lol, thanks--I guess most of the things I read about them had good things to say, but it was also mostly people sanding over factory clear coat or taking out minor issues, not grinding through an...
Yeah, I really should have bought some thin tape, such as the 1/8" vinyl. I think the smallest I had was 1", which made it pretty tough to really protect the edges. Ah well, live and learn...
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I ordered a pair of those but unfortunately they weren't on amazon prime and I didn't want to pay $20 extra for expedited shipping, so they won't be here until tomorrow. I have a few spots that...
So, long story short, this is all on my 2005 Corvette. I purchased it a few months ago with some damage on the passenger fender, door & rocker panel (obviously, it was cheap). Unfortunately the...
Gotcha, yeah around 5 seemed to work best. Sometimes it would vibrate the heck out of me and sometimes it wouldn't be so bad. I'm sure I'll figure something out
Finally had a chance to play with my new toys (7424xp and Menzerna polishes 1000, 2500 & 4000). I only had a chance to do a small section, so I did the trunk since it was easy enough to do without...
So, I've spent the better part of a week reading everything on the forum I can find and have decided to spend some money to get started in real detailing.
