Need some quick advice for new paint.

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Firescooby

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We painted a fire apparatus Saturday afternoon for a vollie department I train. It was by no means a pro job, but the old paint was bad, and we had limited funds.



Today the imperfections are evident (looks like it was sprayed unevenly). It looks much better than it was, but still pretty rough. We are planning on "spiffin" it up tomorrow evening. My high speed took a crap on me, so all I have is my PC 7424.



What should we do? Wet sand? Compound?



I have 3M fine and medium cut compound and some polishing compound. The officer doesn't want to wet sand because he's afraid it'll be messed up even more.



Some advice is desperately needed. I don't have any pics...sorry.
 
Try compounding first. Not sure if a PC would be up for the job though if you have some major imperfections. If that doesn't look any good then I would say you will have to get the wet & dry out. Difficult to say without seeing it though.



Steve
 
I don't really know much about the situation, but as a bump anyhow:



How long until it's totally cured?



I think I'd wetsand to take care of drips, definately. The PC might be able to take care of nearly everything else, but you might be using aggressive enough compounds that would make me nervous.



However, sounds like you know what you're doing. I'd love to see some before and after pictures.
 
Yeah, in *this* case, I'd probably wetsand with some 3K Meg's Unigrit, then use the PC. Too bad about the rotary dying, as you know, that's the tool for this job.



But it's hard to say without seeing/working on it. Serious correction is *not* the PC's forte. But yeah, use the mildest product you need to do the correction, then milder ones to remove hazing/micromarring. Plan on spending plenty of time.



FWIW, the lack of replies is possibly due to people NOT wanting to be at fault if things mess up. This sounds like a not-good situation.
 
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