Anyone sand and buff their factory paint?
#1
Anyone sand and buff their factory paint?
I'm just curious if anyone here has wet-sanded and buffed out their factory paint to get a glossier finish.
The last sports/performance car I had was a '69 Jag XKE that I did a ground up restoration on. I did everything, including the black lacquer paint. I spent about nine months block-sanding the primer surfacer coats by hand before I even shot the color coat.
In the end the finish was like a mirror and everyone thought I'd spent five figures on the paint job.
Anyway, I look at the finish on my redfire metallic GT, and it could be better. I just wonder if there's enough clear coat on the car to sand.
Thanks for any replies.
The last sports/performance car I had was a '69 Jag XKE that I did a ground up restoration on. I did everything, including the black lacquer paint. I spent about nine months block-sanding the primer surfacer coats by hand before I even shot the color coat.
In the end the finish was like a mirror and everyone thought I'd spent five figures on the paint job.
Anyway, I look at the finish on my redfire metallic GT, and it could be better. I just wonder if there's enough clear coat on the car to sand.
Thanks for any replies.
#2
I'm just curious if anyone here has wet-sanded and buffed out their factory paint to get a glossier finish.
The last sports/performance car I had was a '69 Jag XKE that I did a ground up restoration on. I did everything, including the black lacquer paint. I spent about nine months block-sanding the primer surfacer coats by hand before I even shot the color coat.
In the end the finish was like a mirror and everyone thought I'd spent five figures on the paint job.
Anyway, I look at the finish on my redfire metallic GT, and it could be better. I just wonder if there's enough clear coat on the car to sand.
Thanks for any replies.
The last sports/performance car I had was a '69 Jag XKE that I did a ground up restoration on. I did everything, including the black lacquer paint. I spent about nine months block-sanding the primer surfacer coats by hand before I even shot the color coat.
In the end the finish was like a mirror and everyone thought I'd spent five figures on the paint job.
Anyway, I look at the finish on my redfire metallic GT, and it could be better. I just wonder if there's enough clear coat on the car to sand.
Thanks for any replies.
#3
I would not recomend to wet sand your OEM paint job.
I will shorten the life of it considerably, and if you live in a sunny part of the country, like I am here (FL), it will fade quick...
#4
Well there you go, couldnt you just clear coat it again though? before it fades that is
#6
+100 on what pascal said! theres not enough paint or clearcoat on modern factory paint jobs for any errors. the factory doesnt waste a drop of paint these days, and if you dont know what your doing you can ruin your paint real fast.
#7
Had a couple of small scratches on my Saleen and used some 4000 paper and some colored compound (turtle wax) to get into the scratch and used some light polishing compound ( a quick light rub!) and just as new. Just be careful you don't rub too hard! You will take off the clearcoat easy. An old auto body trick.
#8
Thanks for the replies. If the clear is that thin, I'd need to put more on, and I don't have anyplace to shoot paint anymore. I guess I'll just live with it.
Getting the kind of finish I had on the Jag took more than just buffing. It's the hours and hours of hand sanding that makes a finish look like glass.
Getting the kind of finish I had on the Jag took more than just buffing. It's the hours and hours of hand sanding that makes a finish look like glass.
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