Wet Sanding After a Re-Paint

mgm2003

mgm2003

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A few weeks ago we were gifted with damage on the hood of the Tahoe.


Either the bug/stone guard “just missed” or someone decided to lob a rock about ½ the size of a brick on the hood of the Tahoe.


It left a $700 blemish. :wall


I gave the body shop instructions (and several reminders).

• Do not wash
• Do not machine buff
• Be generous with the clear, because I planned to color sand.


Process Used:

Micromesh 3200 & 4000 grit paper

Plenty of water & soap mix for lube and rinse downs


During the wet sanding process...


After a few light passes & wipe down to check results:

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A little further along (but not quite done)


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Polishing Duties:

HTEC x 3 @ 1700-2000 RPM using wool polishing pads

Menzerna IP @ 1700 RPM using a LC CCS polishing pad.

Z-PC @ 1400 using a LC CCS green polishing pad

Z-PC @ 5 on the PC using a LC Hi-Gloss polishing pad


Protection:

Z-CS


A few after shots:



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That looks awesome! Is this your first time color sanding a whole hood / panel? Where did you get the high grit paper from? Nice work.
 
SUPER JOB ON THE WET SAND AND FINISH!!!!!!

I just completed a BMW 745i that had a repaint on both passenger doors (the owner bought the car unaware of a repaint and was pretty discouraged).

The painted area was about 3 year's old, so I started with 2000 grit and moved to a wool pad and 3M Extra Cut compound, followed by 3M lite cut and a cutting pad.

Finished the Bimmer with glaze, the Ultrafina SE and it came out superb.

Your work is 1st Class!

Toto
 
Thanks guys.

Audiboy: No before shots. I tried not to look at it too much :)

Budman3. I've wet sanded spots/areas many times before, but that was the first time that I've sanded an entire panel. I went a little to close to the edges in a few spots and the tracers took some time to remove.

I purchase my paper from Scientific Instrument Services (look up on google). They manufacture a very high quality paper, and it's much easier to work with (for me).

I use these papers most often:
4000 (=1500 standard grit)
8000 (=3000 standard grit)
12000 (=No comparable grit this fine)
 
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