Did some wetsanding today.
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Did some wetsanding today on my driver side fender.
This is copy and paste from my detailing forum. I used the PC 7424 and Edge 2000 foam pads with Optimum Compound, Pinnacle XMT series polishes, and Poorboy's Natty's Blue paste wax. The Background: Some of you may remember that I was in a fender bender many months ago. I took the insurance check and did the body work myself. One of the things I needed to do, was replace my driver side front fender. I bought one from a local junk yard that was in pretty good shape overall. However, there was major water spotting everywhere. Yellow pad with XMT3 and/or OC would not take it out, barely made an indent. I must of polished the fender over 4 times everytime I "jewel" my paint. The mission: Wetsand the water spots out of the fender and polish back to a near flawless finish. Process: The only sandpaper that I could get was 1500 grit, I would of like 2000 or even 3000, but I had to do with this. I let sit in warm water for about 3 hours. I very lightly sanded the fender after squirting water onto the fender with a squirt gone. (I did a test spot first.) This only took a matter of minutes. Following this I then polished the fender for 5min with the following: OC on Yellow Edge pad - Started speed 5.5, and then bumped up to 6. XMT3 on Green Edge pad (I was planning on using XMT2, but I realized I needed still needed a little more bite after OC) - Speed 6 entire time XMT1 on light cut yellow pad (I got this from Aaron at edge. It feels just like the soft blue/white pads) - Speed 5.5 PB's Natty's Blue on White Edge - Spread on speed 3. (I've never applied wax via PC, so I wanted to try something new) Overall, I was pretty pleased after all said and done. I would do it again, but I would get 2000 grit for sure. PICS!!! These are all the waterspots I was dealing with: Attachment 25205 Attachment 25206 Attachment 25207 Attachment 25208 |
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During wetsanding:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13...42/wetsand.jpg Attachment 25202 After polishing and wax: Attachment 25203 Attachment 25204 |
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Good Job! :boink:
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looks good...I need to get the top of my car wet sanded as well. those little etching marks drive me up the wall!!
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Now thats something Id never do myself. Looks like it came out alright though.
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Originally Posted by 03gtmustang
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Now thats something Id never do myself. Looks like it came out alright though.
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awesome! yay for no orangepeel!
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