back from the painter-Civic repainted

[pampos]

Hi all,

I found a nice painter to fix the mess that an other ''painter'' did on my car...

Of course it is not 100% perfect because of my mistakes on wet sanding(it was my first try)....Maybe you will see some orange peel and some dust spots on the paint...

So here it is

Thanks for looking..Any advice hoe to remove the orange peel and the dust spots are welcome

 

[qwertydude]

I wouldn't try to remove that orange peel unless you know what steps were done in the prep of the car. If the paint was stripped to metal then you're safer. If the new painter just lightly sanded the old paint than the OP is a combination of old and new OP. You could end up striking through the clear on the peaks . Also How many coats of clear were applied? If two or more coats were applied then I'd say wet sand with a firm block, only use 2000 and sand and wipe. You'll see your progress as you wear out the peaks they're dull, you sand till it's evenly dull or only has small glossy spots, means you haven't sanded the entire clear down ,which is a good thing.



I'd say since you're not very experienced with the whole wet sanding process, you get some practice on a panel. You can get some spray paint and paint the practice panel and let it dry and practice sanding that until you're sure you know how to sand. Better yet take it to someone who knows how and learn from them. Wet sanding is not a simple process and is much more difficult to get right than polishing when dealing with an entire car. I don't have a paint thickness guage and resprays are hard enough to deal with even using one because of the inherent variability of the coating on top of another coating.

 

[pampos]

the OP is a combination of the CC and previous paint job...when i was preparing the car for respraying i notice that i didn' flat the CC because i saw some small glossy spots...When it is supposed to be ready for polishing and stop wet sanding??Do i have to see those spots or i have to make the CC completely dull??

Be sure that i am going to try it on a panel first before touching my car : )

 

[Tripperfx3]

The new job looks really good mate! Love the color!

 

[Edwards944]

I wouldn't try to remove that orange peel unless you know what steps were done in the prep of the car. If the paint was stripped to metal then you're safer. If the new painter just lightly sanded the old paint than the OP is a combination of old and new OP. You could end up striking through the clear on the peaks . Also How many coats of clear were applied? If two or more coats were applied then I'd say wet sand with a firm block, only use 2000 and sand and wipe. You'll see your progress as you wear out the peaks they're dull, you sand till it's evenly dull or only has small glossy spots, means you haven't sanded the entire clear down ,which is a good thing.



I'd say since you're not very experienced with the whole wet sanding process, you get some practice on a panel. You can get some spray paint and paint the practice panel and let it dry and practice sanding that until you're sure you know how to sand. Better yet take it to someone who knows how and learn from them. Wet sanding is not a simple process and is much more difficult to get right than polishing when dealing with an entire car. I don't have a paint thickness guage and resprays are hard enough to deal with even using one because of the inherent variability of the coating on top of another coating.

Excellent advice. Bravo!! A+