New Guy lookin for SANDING advice

[Shaggy]

Just found this site and have been reading up. I do have a couple questions that I'm hoping to get some professional advice.

I recently received my car back from body shop. Car was stripped to bare metal, some minor body work and fresh paint/clear. Shop did a great job on body, panels and paint except that i'm finding several small areas with sanding marks.

Question 1 - what should i use to remove sanding marks (by hand)?

Question 2 - After removing sanding marks - what product(s) should I use... sealant? wax? both? Do you suggest using machine or hand application?

Thanks in advance.

[mackdaddyhibble]

Omg,a clean 1968-69 pontiac firebird,looks good already

[dublifecrisis]

I would say either go back to the body shop and demand they fix the issue OR invest in a machine polisher and do it yourself.

I say get your own polisher. You're in the right place to keep that beauty looking its best.

Welcome!

[richy]

It really depends on how deep the sanding marks are...I would definitely go back to hte shop...that's not acceptable.

[Shane731]

M105 with a microfiber applicator:

Also took some pictures to show you can remove sanding marks by hand if you don't mind putting a little passion behind the pad...






This can come in real hand if you want to be extra careful around a raised body line, especially if it's not your car...

Quoted post taken from this thread: ***Offline Today and Tomorrow***. Hope this helps!

[Shane731]

BTW, sweet car!

[Shaggy]

Omg,a clean 1968-69 pontiac firebird,looks good already

Yo mackdaddy - close... she's a '67 and thanks.

I would say either go back to the body shop and demand they fix the issue OR invest in a machine polisher and do it yourself.

I say get your own polisher. You're in the right place to keep that beauty looking its best.

Welcome!

dublife - i have the portercable 7424 but have only used it to wax my boat. Would you use the ML105 with the portercable? taking the car back to the shop is not an option. Our 'relationship' did not end well. It's like the shop was rushing to finish the job b/c they were 6 mos late with delivery and I was bustin their balls to finish.

It really depends on how deep the sanding marks are...I would definitely go back to hte shop...that's not acceptable.

Richy - marks do not appear to be deep and are in locations that are not very visable. It's just that I'll know they're there.

M105 with a microfiber applicator:




Quoted post taken from this thread: ***Offline Today and Tomorrow***. Hope this helps!

Thanks Ciera - I'm going to give the ML105 a shot.

Thank you all for you input.

[Mike Phillips]

Just to chime in...

The M105 works really well by hand to remove just about any kind of below surface defects, you just have to put a little passion behind the pad...

In the hood of the 1969 El Camino in the picture above, I used a microfiber applicator pad but you can also use foam.

Afterwards you want to either polish with a less aggressive product or apply a wax or paint sealant. Because that's a brand new paint job you should probably use a finishing wax or sealant.

How old is the paint?


Hang on and I'll get you a link...

[Mike Phillips]

Here's a list of all the waxes, paint sealants and hybrids we carry, you want to stick with the "Finishing" variety, not the cleaning variety.


How To Choose The Right Wax or Paint Sealant for your Detailing Project

[Mike Phillips]

Here's the picture of your car...




Here's the actual picture. I noticed you uploaded a picture to your gallery, once you do that all you have to do is "insert" the code to make a picture show up,

Here's an article on that,

How to insert an image from your photo gallery into your message


It pretty much works like the article explains on any forum,