Please Advise: Orange Peel on Single Stage

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Swerve

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Greetings, all! :smile1:



I just had my car repainted nearly a year ago with a bright, single-stage red. It looks great & all, but there's some orange peel. My question is this: how would I go about getting that distortion free, reflective finish on paint like this? All I have is a Porter Cable 7424. Do I wetsand first and then buff? If so, what products would you recommend?



I've never dealt with single-stage paint before, so I could definitely use some advice. Thank you & I appreciate any feedback given.
 
Swerve- Not all single stage paints respond well to abrasive work, they don't all work like lacquers which can be sanded/buffed/etc. until perfectly smooth and really glossy. So first, you gotta determine whether this is gonna be a good idea for *your* paint. No, I dunno how to check it other than doing a test spot..see if you can level it and then "bring it back" to a nice glossy finish.



(Maybe Ron Ketcham has some ideas here...)



IF it's gonna work OK, then yeah, you'd do it by first wetsanding and then compounding/polishing until the paint is shiny again. Easier said than done and I myself would sure want to use a machine a lot more powerful than the 7424. In fact, noting that I have fairly extensive experience with those PCs, I would *NOT* try this job with that particular polisher.



Plus, just FWIW, I generally try to dissuade people from wetsanding. It's just sooo easy to have an "oops!" when you're first doing such stuff (people almost *always* think "just a little more..." and get into trouble) and getting all the sanding marks out, let alone bringing up the gloss to where it really looks good, is a lot tougher than most people expect it to be.



Sorry if I sound really negative, but I'd sure hate for you to make things worse instead of better.
 
Depending on your skill level......slap on some 1500 3M Trizact sandpaper to your PC and level off that orange peel. Refine things down with 3000 Trizact and then buff. Everything can be done with a PC in 2 steps more than likely.
 
Well, there's complete agreement. :D



But seriously, Swerve, they are both right, depending on the paint.



There's no way of knowing how it would go for your finish without experimenting.



Just keep in mind that there's a very real possibility that you might mess it up royally and need to repaint. How likely/unlikely that may be is impossible to say. Everybody's paint is different. Everybody's skills (or lack thereof) are different.



From how you phrased the question, I'm guessing you are very new to this sot of thing. I would highly recommend you do a lot of reading on the subject before you actually try it.







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You might want to check with the person that painted the vehicle. They should be able to tell you what to expect with sanding.
 
If you take this on for the first time get a junk panel from the scrap yard and practice standing. Of course your junk panel will have different paint but the practice will definitely help.
 
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