Car Care & Detailing Washing, waxing, cleaning, caring.

A little wet sanding...

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 04-08-2011, 08:46 PM
  #1  
Dfrench200
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
Dfrench200's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Chantilly VA
Posts: 50
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
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  


Last edited by Dfrench200; 04-08-2011 at 09:36 PM.
Old 04-08-2011, 08:47 PM
  #2  
Dfrench200
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
Dfrench200's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Chantilly VA
Posts: 50
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
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, 08:56 PM
  #3  
Black Betty
Lexus Defector
iTrader: (60)
 
Black Betty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 21,148
Received 2,087 Likes on 1,267 Posts
What grit(s) did you use?
Old 04-08-2011, 09:32 PM
  #4  
Dfrench200
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
Dfrench200's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Chantilly VA
Posts: 50
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Just used 2000...Original post updated.
Old 04-08-2011, 09:52 PM
  #5  
yogregb
Registered User
iTrader: (7)
 
yogregb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: irvine,ca.
Posts: 1,366
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Great job... I have MW, very forgiving color as far as showing imperfections... But honestlly PG is my fav color
Old 04-08-2011, 10:13 PM
  #6  
Doggy
Registered User
iTrader: (12)
 
Doggy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sf valley
Posts: 4,354
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
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, 10:44 AM
  #7  
Djfarhan
Registered Member
 
Djfarhan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dubai, UAE
Posts: 4,390
Received 79 Likes on 65 Posts
job well done!
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Prometheus
General Tech Questions
7
11-09-2015 01:23 PM
XSman
Car Care & Detailing
2
09-06-2015 05:12 PM
Dankleader420
Wheels & Tires
12
08-29-2015 02:48 AM
tite_tite
Brakes, Suspension, Wheels & Tires
0
08-22-2015 05:21 PM



Quick Reply: A little wet sanding...



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:45 PM.