will wetsanding do the trick?? read inside please

[Tyler]

on my passanger side of my car, the paint feels really griddy.. i've claybarred it twice, and its still rough.

would wetsanding the whole side of that car smooth out the paint?

and how would i go about doing this.. i dont know how to wetsand

[hockeyman]

Wet-sandpaper is a dark grey or black in color, and bought at any autoparts store.

Needed:
2000 grit wet-sandpaper, 3-M compound, and a good carnuba wax.

Take the sandpaper and soak it in a bucket of water for about a minute. Wet the section of the car that is gonna be sanded, and start sanding the car. Continually dip the sandpaper in the water, and repeat until the surface feels smooth.

Let dry, and apply compund to the area, and remove like normal carwax.

Apply carnuba wax, and check to see the results.

-Marc

[ July 19, 2003: Message edited by: hockeyman ]</p>

[Tyler]

cool.. and this should get out all the roughness in my paint?


this wont in anyway SCRATCH my paint at all would it?

[hockeyman]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Tyler:
cool.. and this should get out all the roughness in my paint?


this wont in anyway SCRATCH my paint at all would it?<hr></blockquote>

Well, read the post above here listing about bird poop. They recommend the same thing with 2000 grid wet-sandpaper and they say it works fine.

I sanded my quarterpanel with 1500 grit (a bit rougher), but I'm getting ready to have it repainted, so I don't need to worry about it scratching.

-Marc

[TRILOGYZ28]

i would go 3000 grit!!!!
just to be safe!!!!

[Ted]

3000grit? geez. At my bodyshop we use 1000-1500grit sand paper because if it's rough it's gonna take all day with 3000grit sand paper. I've never in my life burnt through the paint with 1000 or 1500. 1500 would be primarily used for buffing. Tyler the only worry about scratching the paint would be from getting dirt stuck under the sandpaper and trying to rub it in. So make sure you clean the area pretty good before you wetsand to makesure there is no dirt on it. And make sure not to do too much more then you have to, try to keep the space you setsand to a minimum because it takes a lot longer to do it by hand then to buff it out.

[Domestic Violence]

use a sanding block, otherwise you're going to get finger impressions in the paint.

[TRILOGYZ28]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Ted:
3000grit? geez. At my bodyshop we use 1000-1500grit sand paper because if it's rough it's gonna take all day with 3000grit sand paper. I've never in my life burnt through the paint with 1000 or 1500. 1500 would be primarily used for buffing. Tyler the only worry about scratching the paint would be from getting dirt stuck under the sandpaper and trying to rub it in. So make sure you clean the area pretty good before you wetsand to makesure there is no dirt on it. And make sure not to do too much more then you have to, try to keep the space you setsand to a minimum because it takes a lot longer to do it by hand then to buff it out.<hr></blockquote>


my experience has been with "black" paint!
i started with 2000 then followed that with 2500 and then to 3000

[Loochy88]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by TRILOGYZ28:



my experience has been with "black" paint!
i started with 2000 then followed that with 2500 and then to 3000<hr></blockquote>

i would go that way too... and i even have a white car. maybe i'm a little too overprotective of the paint, but better safe than sorry