my adventures in painting the car thread, DONE! Some final thoughts... |
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my adventures in painting the car thread, DONE! Some final thoughts... |
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Jul 11 2018, 09:55 PM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
So I painted my car. Got some orange peel, thought I'd see if anyone had ideas for getting rid of/minimizing it.
After painting: After sanding with 1000 grit. The lighter areas are where I sanded, the darker areas are the lower points of the orange peel: Option 1: I'm thinking I need to go to 800 grit, then 1000, 1500, 2000, then polish. Before I do I thought I'd see if anyone else thinks this is a good idea based on what they may have done. Option 2: I can re-paint it. I'm thinking I will sand with 400 grit to rough up the surface and then re-spray. Option 3: I can polish it more, but the orange peel is still noticeable on the smaller pieces I've tried. I used a Torq X polisher, white pad, Chemical Guys V32 polish. I thought it might get smoother as I polished it with finer and finer pads/compounds, but I don't want to burn thru the paint. I put 3 coats of paint on. |
porschetub |
Jul 17 2018, 12:58 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,703 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
Brave move going to that system for DIY newbie,currently repainting a Golf in PPG Alpine white,prep work is 95% and after that just lay it on ..if it go's wrong just block it back and go again,sand your final basecoat and lay plenty of clear over the top,even if a bit orange peel it will sand and buff out,easy system.
I always lay down a thin basecoat,and see if I have any solvent pop or unfilled stone chips ...there always is some work with spot putty. IMO leave the clever paints to the pro's or people with garage paint sheds ,fans,spray suits,expensive resporators and folks that don't live too close (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) . DIY myself but have done many cars and boats. |
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