Lessening orange peel

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FuriousGeorge!!

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Hello all, very interesting stuff here.



I was just wondering if there was ANY way to reduce orange peel, short of wet sanding. OR maybe a way to reduce the -appearance- of orange peel. I'm kinda of thinking like buffing with FI-II with the yellow CMA pad to smooth out the harsh edges of the individual orange peel bumps.





I haven't ordered any products, this is why I'm asking now. PC in the mail though :up





Did a search, this specific question wasn't asked :xyxthumbs
 
Looks pretty bad... i don't think compounding would work... even if it will, it'll take hella long time to do so... why not ask paintshops around you for a wetsanding quote?
 
@theveed,

What exactly should I ask for? Wetsand and CC, or just wetsand and high speed polish? I think I can handle the wetsand myself, I have a large supply of sponge blocks, 1500 and 2000 grit at my work.



I don't know about doing the CC myself though. I read some of the posts DLW had on the prelude. I have lots of time, but I don't have alot of access to garage space (weekends only at my parents). Looks really good though :up, and is tempting.



The paint is actually about three or four years years old and the previous owner didn't take car of it very well, so it does have a fair amount of imperfections. If the CC fails in a couple years, I wouldn't mind too much and would just get a respray.
 
FuriousGeorge!! said:
here's what it looks like btw (1600x1200, fast server though):

http://students.washington.edu/akb123/vwfiles/GreenC.JPG



Maybe I'll have some good "after" pics for ya in a week or two.
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Holy cow! :eek: Now I don't feel so bad about one of my panels. You sure it's not actually powdercoated or something? (j/k)



I personally don't think orange peel can be budged at all with polishing. The idea of wetsanding is you need to knock off all the high spots on a large scale (visible) while leaving the low areas alone so you can get down to their level. Polishing will grind away paint at all levels and only remove microscopic (non-visible) high spots.



I'll probably attempt to do this on my car when it's time to redo my layers.
 
if you have the guts to tackle wet sanding, i'm sure you can compound and polish your car with a pc... :)



just take it slow and don't be aggressive... try a small section at a time, and if you feel that you can't handle the task, at least you've only experimented a little spot... :)



after wetsanding, the polishing ain't that tough based on my experience... i wetsanded and hand polished before, took forever but it came out ok...
 
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