ok i just painted my sedan, 4 coats of paint, and 3 coats of clearcoat. Next I was planning to buff and wax the car, but few people told me that I should wetsand it first. Is that true or not? wouldnt it take away some clearcoat ? Thanx.

 

You definately need to wetsand it. it would hardly take clear coat off because it has to be a ery fine grit.

 

ok cool, I painted it with my friend who came here to visit and he brought all the tools, so I wonder if I go toa bodyshop and ask them to wetsand it, how much it will cost? any ideas?

 

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that's the whole point of wetsanding: to sand out some of the clear coat to get the imperfections out til it's to your liking...

you might wanna invest in some sort of painting book...

and i don't know if a painting place would wanna do the wetsanding for you - they probably wouldn't wanna be responsible if something happens later on to the paint (like bad primer job leading to chips etc.)

but it wouldn't hurt to ask around locally, you never know