Did I sand through the clear?

[Vue to a kill]

It's honestly very hard to tell if you did or did not sand through. However, if you notice in Richy's post for repairing the key scratch he took paint thickness measurements to make sure he had enough to work with. Without having a tool such as Defelsko I would recommend in the future purchasing a Dr. Colorchip kit. While clearly not as amazing as Richy's work, it takes the guessing out of whether or not you've sanded through the clear. :-) But don't feel bad, it's all a learning experience and I learned the hard way too about 6 years back. As I think all of us have at one point or another.

[SlvrDragon50]

It's honestly very hard to tell if you did or did not sand through. However, if you notice in Richy's post for repairing the key scratch he took paint thickness measurements to make sure he had enough to work with. Without having a tool such as Defelsko I would recommend in the future purchasing a Dr. Colorchip kit. While clearly not as amazing as Richy's work, it takes the guessing out of whether or not you've sanded through the clear. :-) But don't feel bad, it's all a learning experience and I learned the hard way too about 6 years back. As I think all of us have at one point or another.

Yea, I definitely should have just bought a Dr. Colorchip kit. For some reason, I was reading about other paint chip kits, and the reviews were not so positive so I shied away from the kits. I'll keep it in mind for the future though.

Richy just made it look so friggin easy!!!

[Evan.J]

This is a good article to read through for anyone

Clear Coats are Thin by Mike Phillips

[SlvrDragon50]

Nice read. I had no clue it was that thin. I thought it was more like 5mm.

If it's that thin, it seems like you could get away with only 2500+ grit sandpaper.

Has anyone measured how much polishing with say M205 takes off of the clear layer?

[2black1s]

Nice read. I had no clue it was that thin. I thought it was more like 5mm...

Did you mean 5 mils (.005")? 5mm is almost .2" (or just under a 1/4").

[SlvrDragon50]

Oops, yea. Mils!