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I JUST FINISHED PAINTING MY CAR IN OMNI BC/CC
I PUT PLENTY OF MC161 CLEAR ON IT.
IT HAS BEEN PAINTED ABOUT 2 WEEKS NOW, BY THE WAY I PAINTED
IT IN PIECES.
THE PAINT TURNED OUT VERY GOOD
MY QUESTION IS I WILL NOT HAVE THE CAR BACK TOGETHER UNTIL
EARLY SPRING. CAN I STILL SAND AND BUFF AFTER THET LENGTH OF TIME??
THE CAR IS A 73 CAMARO THAT I DRIVE SO I MAY BE BETTER OFF
LEAVING WELL ENOUGH ALONE.
THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP ON THIS WEB SITE
EXCELLENT ADVICE THROUGHOUT THE PAINTING PROCESS.
WET SAND / BUFFING
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 Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:58 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 7:45 pm
YUP, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER ON THE FULLY CURED PAINT (MAYbe use (whew that's a little quieter!) a compound with a foam cutting pad first). But it should work fine.
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:49 am
thanks for your help, i'll just get the elbow grease out
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:51 pm
well, at the school, we wet sand with 400 grit, and then buff. u will be able to buff it. and it should turn out pretty good. make sure when u sand it u go REAL lightly. u don't wanna take the clear off.
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:20 am
Personally, I would not touch clear with anything rougher than 1200, If it doesn't need much, start at 2000. It is a lot better to discover you are too fine and not getting anywhere than to discover you are too coarse and you cut sand scratches into the base.
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:39 am
I gasped when I read that too, I start with 2000 most of the time.
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 3:27 pm
Aberrant and Big Jim. Did I read that post by ford1987 right??? I was always told that if you are dropping below 1000 grit you probably need to re-shoot. It seems like it would take forever to get over 400 grit scratches in clear. Anybody else ever heard of dropping that low to cut and buff???
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 5:00 pm
He's probably just confusing the standard grit for recoating with a starting point for buffing, I can't see anyone in their right mind starting to color sand with 400, it's insane unless the orange peel looks like the surface of the moon.
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:33 pm
maybe they're sanding out runs with 400 grit... 
I start wet sanding (to remove dirt  ) with 1500 grit then buff with Ardex 1000 buffing compound, then Ardex 2500 polishing compound.. the clear comes out great.
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:05 am
I guess I am at this stage now..
I have a bunch of mequires "diamond cut" is that too rough? |
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