i wetsanded and buffed my ENTIRE car today... write up!
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i wetsanded and buffed my ENTIRE car today... write up!
okay, heres a brief write up.
get a bucket of soapy water and a big sponge and a hose w/ water on tap.
get 2000 grit sand paper, NO LESS> DO NOT start WITH 500 and WORK UP, i scratched my apint doing this, thankfuylly i only did it in a small area and its no big deal at all.
now. the way to do it quickly, and still to make it work, is to take a piece about 4" by 4" and start on the hood. What i did was i made motions from teh top of the hood to the bottom. id make about 10 strokes then move left a few inches, then repeat across the whole hood. Then do it horizontally.
NOW the tricky part is knowing when enough is enough. its kinda scary when your rags are all orange from your paint, but oh well, thats what happens with shitty paint.
the way i knew when it was enough was when it was completely dull. no little shiny circles and the rest dull. EVERYTHING DULL. You can also tell by how smoothly the sandpaper moves across the paint. or with your hand. it has to feel completely smooth.
NOW, here are some tips in doing it.
As you get soapy water on and lots of water on the paper and just everything wet in general it will slide really easily. i found soapy water woudnt slide off the car as easily, and when it wouldnt be wet enough id just grab the sponge and put more on... you dont need to have a hose in hand the whole time o anything, just when you got othat body part. just keep it really goddamn soapy.
now, just do the whole car. dont be scared when it looks COMPLETELY SHITTY. it will. once you do the whole car dry it off with a rag and look for areas where its still shiny and do those.
now, just buff.... buffing a wetsanded car is quite easy. it will shine up like a ****.
top with your wax of choice.
its really easy, took me like 4 hours, 3 of which were spent wet sanding, just wet sand yourself and then have someone who knows how to buff well buff it, thats what i did, only cost me $30, and my paint looks 10x better.
sam
get a bucket of soapy water and a big sponge and a hose w/ water on tap.
get 2000 grit sand paper, NO LESS> DO NOT start WITH 500 and WORK UP, i scratched my apint doing this, thankfuylly i only did it in a small area and its no big deal at all.
now. the way to do it quickly, and still to make it work, is to take a piece about 4" by 4" and start on the hood. What i did was i made motions from teh top of the hood to the bottom. id make about 10 strokes then move left a few inches, then repeat across the whole hood. Then do it horizontally.
NOW the tricky part is knowing when enough is enough. its kinda scary when your rags are all orange from your paint, but oh well, thats what happens with shitty paint.
the way i knew when it was enough was when it was completely dull. no little shiny circles and the rest dull. EVERYTHING DULL. You can also tell by how smoothly the sandpaper moves across the paint. or with your hand. it has to feel completely smooth.
NOW, here are some tips in doing it.
As you get soapy water on and lots of water on the paper and just everything wet in general it will slide really easily. i found soapy water woudnt slide off the car as easily, and when it wouldnt be wet enough id just grab the sponge and put more on... you dont need to have a hose in hand the whole time o anything, just when you got othat body part. just keep it really goddamn soapy.
now, just do the whole car. dont be scared when it looks COMPLETELY SHITTY. it will. once you do the whole car dry it off with a rag and look for areas where its still shiny and do those.
now, just buff.... buffing a wetsanded car is quite easy. it will shine up like a ****.
top with your wax of choice.
its really easy, took me like 4 hours, 3 of which were spent wet sanding, just wet sand yourself and then have someone who knows how to buff well buff it, thats what i did, only cost me $30, and my paint looks 10x better.
sam
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U must be a master detailer.. cuz **** I sand and buff cars on the daily and lemme tell u If u didn't buff that really good on every spot u are gonna have alot of small dull spots not to mention leaving the buffer near too many edges too long will burn the paint right off. I sand with my DA a circular hand sander with 1500 grit sandpaper. Then I sand particular spots where dirt gets into the paint from the paint booth. I then use my good ol Nakita buffer and some 3m paste compound to buff the spots.
This is BY FAR easy. Some times very time consuming. Not to mention getting swirl marks out and dealing with small dull spots. It definatly is not easy and would not tell the average joe to just go wet sand his car and buff it up.. Yeah wet sanding is easier to buff up but post up some pics of the total job I wanna c it. hey props if no swirl marks they are the worst.
This is BY FAR easy. Some times very time consuming. Not to mention getting swirl marks out and dealing with small dull spots. It definatly is not easy and would not tell the average joe to just go wet sand his car and buff it up.. Yeah wet sanding is easier to buff up but post up some pics of the total job I wanna c it. hey props if no swirl marks they are the worst.
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Re: i wetsanded and buffed my ENTIRE car today... write up! (94goldjungsr)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94goldjungsr »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
now. the way to do it quickly, and still to make it work, is to take a piece about 4" by 4" and start on the hood. What i did was i made motions from teh top of the hood to the bottom. id make about 10 strokes then move left a few inches, then repeat across the whole hood. Then do it horizontally.</TD></TR></TABLE>
actually, you should have done it in swirles...but whatever
now. the way to do it quickly, and still to make it work, is to take a piece about 4" by 4" and start on the hood. What i did was i made motions from teh top of the hood to the bottom. id make about 10 strokes then move left a few inches, then repeat across the whole hood. Then do it horizontally.</TD></TR></TABLE>
actually, you should have done it in swirles...but whatever
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Re: i wetsanded and buffed my ENTIRE car today... write up! (mugen85r)
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actually, you should have done it in swirles...but whatever </TD></TR></TABLE>
I disagree. Ive found this increases change of damaging the paint because of uneven and unpredictable forces against the paint.
actually, you should have done it in swirles...but whatever
</TD></TR></TABLE>I disagree. Ive found this increases change of damaging the paint because of uneven and unpredictable forces against the paint.
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