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 Jul 11 2018, 09:55 PM
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Porsche Padawan  Group: Members Posts: 684 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. |
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914 RZ-1 my adventures in painting the car thread Jul 11 2018, 09:55 PM
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Andyrew
Here's the latest. I did the front hood. I wa... Sep 19 2018, 02:00 PM aggiezig
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Can you describe how much time your spending on e... Oct 19 2018, 09:09 PM Andyrew Couple things.
I color sand with a 6" flat... Oct 20 2018, 01:16 AM 914 RZ-1 So here's the latest. I sanded with 1000. Got ... Oct 24 2018, 06:08 PM Andyrew Close-up of the shiny spot please?
You've ta... Oct 24 2018, 06:31 PM 914 RZ-1
Close-up of the shiny spot please?
You've t... Oct 24 2018, 09:09 PM Andyrew Looks like some low spots you didn't build up ... Oct 25 2018, 06:58 AM dakotaewing What are you using to pull air out of the booth wh... Oct 25 2018, 01:24 PM 914 RZ-1
What are you using to pull air out of the booth w... Oct 28 2018, 03:55 PM 914 RZ-1 Here's the latest.
SANDING
I sanded 1000-1500... Oct 28 2018, 03:50 PM 914 RZ-1 UPDATE:
I noticed while wet-sanding that the soun... Nov 18 2018, 09:50 PM Andyrew
UPDATE:
I noticed while wet-sanding that the sou... Nov 19 2018, 09:25 AM 914 RZ-1 I sanded off the paint in a small area about 1/4... Nov 21 2018, 11:30 AM 914 RZ-1 I'm done! I hired a guy to polish the car ... Mar 8 2019, 08:02 PM 914 RZ-1 Oscar: here is a picture of the A pillar VIN tag. ... Mar 8 2019, 08:05 PM Andyrew Wooy woot!!! Looks fantastic!... Mar 9 2019, 10:13 AM 76-914 It looks great. You should be proud of your accomp... Mar 9 2019, 10:22 AM Olympic 914 :beer1:
Good job.
I still haven't done a cu... Mar 9 2019, 12:48 PM 914 RZ-1 Now that I've finished, here are some final th... Mar 26 2019, 09:50 AM Cairo94507 Congratulations on a job well done. Now enjoy it ... Mar 26 2019, 10:41 AM Coondog Nice paint booth, just don’t let the Fire Dept, ... Mar 26 2019, 10:55 AM Andyrew Congrats!!! :beer2: Mar 26 2019, 11:12 AM mbseto This thread should go in the library - as I said e... Mar 26 2019, 02:40 PM  |
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