other then wasting time, can you do any harm by using too high of a grit sand paper to wet sand some orange peel? ie, 2000 instead of 1500 or 1200. thanks
Dan

 

Starting w/ 2000 is fine, will cut fresh clear quite well, won't harm it as long as its done correctly. For a whole car w/ fresh clear starting w/ 1000 or 1200 or 1500 would be fine. It really depends on a few things, skill level, how bad the peel is, what you want the finish to look like in the end, just knocked down or flat sanded, the area that your sanding, whole car or just a panel, how much clear was applied, ect. I sometimes start w/ 1200 or 1500 then 2000 then 3000 on a DA. Sometimes starting w/ 2000 is the way to go, for small areas, just to knock down the clear a bit.


Modified by powerflow at 12:35 PM 8/4/2007


Modified by powerflow at 12:36 PM 8/4/2007

 

how about on a single stage?

 

Just be careful you don't sand too far down. The only drawback to using too low of a grit is that it will take longer to polish out the sanding scratches

 

1500 is the middle man for me. not to abbrasive, not to fine. sands stuff down fast. buffs out fast.