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Kiper
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Location: San Jacinto CA
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 Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: Color sand and Buffing Explained |
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Providing you have put on enough clear or single stage you can achieve results like this with some patience and elbow grease. I put four coats of clear on this car. Then I wet sanded flat with 800 grit. After it was flat I went through the stages and sanded it with 1500, 2500 then 3000 and buffed it to look like a mirror.
It is long process but the results are amazing. Anyone can do this it is merely practice.
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Chinaclipper
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Joined: October 03, 2019
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Location: Somewhere in the great Midwest
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 10:34 am Post subject: Can I re-coat my clear? |
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I just sprayed my bug with clearcoat. It looks pretty good! 2 coats, but there is a part of the door and back by the quarter panel that I notice a slight bit of orange peel.
Question: 1) Can I sand the affected areas, masking the rest, and put another coat of clear on? I clear coated 5 days ago. 2) what sandpaper or scuff pad should I use?
Base color coat is PPG Shopline BP on top of PPG sealer, clear coat is JC 6700.
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far rider 
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Joined: August 30, 2005
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Location: Rutland, VT
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| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2024 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Color sand and Buffing Explained |
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I tried sanding/polishing the paint on my 61. I used 800-1000-1500-2000 and was happy with removing a couple of runs and eliminating some orange peel. But I not seeing that deep shine. Do I need to keep polishing. Or is this as good as it gets. TIA
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