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Old 04-08-2011 | 09:46 PM
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A little wet sanding...

Ive had my car for a month and finally had some time to do some of the serious detailing it needed. The rear bumper on my 08 G looked dull and had heavy orange peel. Did a little wet sanding with 2000 grit, Meguires 105 and orange pad, Menzerna SIP, and Menzerna R85, topped off with Swissvax Sheild. Sorry for the bad lighting, very overcast in Northern VA today. I have before, during and after picks. I feel it is a big improvement and got a lot of the orange peel off. Let me know what you think!

In the 4th photo below I wanted to show what it looked like part way thru the wet sanding. You can see that I havent yet removed enough clear coat to get all of the orange peel out.
Attached Thumbnails A little wet sanding...-before-1.jpg   A little wet sanding...-before-2.jpg   A little wet sanding...-before-3.jpg   A little wet sanding...-partialy-sanded.jpg   A little wet sanding...-half-sanded-half-polished.jpg  


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Old 04-08-2011 | 09:47 PM
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The after photos....
Attached Thumbnails A little wet sanding...-after-1.jpg   A little wet sanding...-after-2.jpg   A little wet sanding...-after-3.jpg  
Old 04-08-2011 | 09:56 PM
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What grit(s) did you use?
Old 04-08-2011 | 10:32 PM
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Just used 2000...Original post updated.
Old 04-08-2011 | 10:52 PM
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Great job... I have MW, very forgiving color as far as showing imperfections... But honestlly PG is my fav color
Old 04-08-2011 | 11:13 PM
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Dam you have some kohones taking sand paper to your car, I do it on lights all the time, but just cant get myself to do it on the actual car.
Old 04-09-2011 | 11:44 AM
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job well done!
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