Orange Peel, what's your cure.

[jastg]

Besides wet sanding what has anyone tried to reduce or eliminate orange peel?

 

[imported_Luster]

I don't know of any method that will reduce orange peel besides wet sanding.

 

[jastg]

Thanks Bill. That is pretty much what I thought. I was just curious to see if anyone had any luck with something else.

 

[imported_Luster]

Thanks Bill. That is pretty much what I thought. I was just curious to see if anyone had any luck with something else.

Haha... yeah, sometimes my grasp for the obvious is unsurpassed!:rofl:

I'm also curious about that. I guess if you had a compound that was aggressive enough it might help to level some of the raised areas.

 

[Todd@RUPES]

The reason you have to wetsand a vehicle to reduce or remove orange peel is because you have to use a process that will not conform to the gradual elevations in the paint do to the orange peel. A foam or wool pad will contourt to the changes in height particularly as the paint becomes flatter. A piece of sand paper wrapped around a stiff backing will allow the abrasives to contact just the high spots and only reduce those, in effect leveling the paint to a greater degree.

The centripetal force of a wool pad spinning at high speed on a rotary will have similar effect (as the wool strands are pulled taut) but the excess speed used is going to transfer a lot of heat to the paint and remove material quickly.

 

[Old Pirate]

What TH0001 said..........

 

[Dream Machines73]

There is another way of dealing with orange peel that many refuse to believe until they see it first hand

It's called Orange peel burial and is a permanent solution
PM me for more info.