Wetsanding Questions?

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awahl63

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I might be filling some paint chips and wetsanding and silver Honda Odyssey and was wondering if I should purchase some 3000 grit (I already have 2000). Also, I have an Orange LC pad and Chemical Guys Laserbuff (comparable to SSR 2.5) and was wondering if that'll be enough to take out the sanding marks. Just wondering what my options are...ordering a yellow LC cutting pad or just ordering 3000 grit or not ordering anything.



Thanks in advance,

Andrew
 
Hard to say, depends on how the paint is (hard, etc.).



I've removed 2K (unigrit) scratches by hand, though I sure prefer working with 3K scratches.



If you're paper/block is Unigrit, then you might be OK, but I'd sure try one area first to make sure. If you have another brand of paper/block (e.g. 3M) I'd order some 3K Unigrit paper from Meguiar's. Yeah, it really *is* that much better. I have a bunch of 2K 3M stuff that I haven't touched since trying Unigrit, I was astounded at the difference.
 
sumptimwong- The 3M stuff didn't leave as uniform a finish, there'd be occasional deeper/broader scratches. It really was *just* like in the Meguiar's ad copy where they show the differences between their sanding media and the competitions. I've had this happen with other fine-grit paper too; apparently non-Meg's media have some abrasive particles that're a bit bigger/coarser than the rated grit.



Only takes one deeper/"worse" mark to change the whole ballgame...
 
Thanks Accumulator, I do have 3M 2000 grit. Is there a place I can buy the Unigrit OTC? I have scratch X and I'm not sure how well that'd work. Thanks a bunch
 
Heh heh, IMO the 3M 2000 grit is a great sales tool...for Meguiar's 3000 grit :D



I ordered it straight from Meg's. A 2000 Unigrit block and some 3000 grit paper was about $76 delivered. You could call around to local autobody/paint places and see if they have it in stock.



I dunno...I'd think you could use something more aggressive than the Scratch-X. I use the old 3M PI-III RC 05933. The PI-II FCRC is sorta similar and would probably work too and it wasn't discontinued like the PI-III stuff.
 
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