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Re: new paint not so good

PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:36 am
by deitymotorsports
post a pic of your buffer!

Re: new paint not so good

PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:26 pm
by luke23
yeww thats exactly what i needed to read mate, yeah i started wet sanding and it still had heaps of white kind of dots then i tryed to buff them out but they wouldnt come out, so im guessing i just need to keep sanding till there all gone, cheers for the photos and info :)

Re: new paint not so good

PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:28 pm
by luke23
sorry no pics of my buffer, but its no top of the line one, but i might just lend a good one of a mate or something

Re: new paint not so good

PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:11 am
by Forcemajeure
you are right.. with the shiny micro dots... we need to remove them to have a good finish...

they will look like acne if you dont sand them out... I wet sand using 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 (was looking for 3000grits, not available here)

then 3m perfect it II rubbing compound, dupont cutting compound, dupont finessing cream, dupont, foam pad glaze and dupont hand glaze

Re: new paint not so good

PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:33 pm
by luke23
yeah i can sand most of the dots out and it comes up kind of shiney even after just a hand buff so hopefully after machine buffed will look even better, but even after the dots are sanded out theres still wrinkles in the paint, possible from the primer im not sure, should this sand out(yes i know it will take alot of sanding) so yeah any advice will be cool

Re: new paint not so good

PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:11 pm
by Forcemajeure
luke23 wrote:yeah i can sand most of the dots out and it comes up kind of shiney even after just a hand buff so hopefully after machine buffed will look even better, but even after the dots are sanded out theres still wrinkles in the paint, possible from the primer im not sure, should this sand out(yes i know it will take alot of sanding) so yeah any advice will be cool


they can be sanded out, use 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500

1500 will be safe enough... if you dont sand em well... they will give you problems ... and a disgusting finish... that's what I did I left some of the acne looking spots and it turned out to be bad... the panels that doesn't have any shiny dots went well...

Re: new paint not so good

PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2012 7:46 am
by luke23
alright so ive done wetsanding and some buffing ect, and most of the sanding marks and buffing marks are gone, but theres heaps of tiny little "holes" on the paint about the size of a thumb tack hole, advice on this? i have a feeling once i spray clear they wont really be noticable, but still