Post by geardriven on Jul 6, 2018 7:49:40 GMT -7
OK Guys,
First off, I want to say thanks to each and all of you for chiming in my many posts for suggestions and guidance.
My current first paint went off well with an overall nice finish. I had some nibs and a dog hair in the paint finish.
I misspoke in that the sanding pads and a surface finishing kit I have has pads and paper starting at 4000 and incrementally up to 2400.
In address to this body, I used to warm water/dish soap method using three pads starting with 6000 to 8000 and then 12000.
I used extremely light pressure over the flat surfaces to remove the nibs and focused lightly on the hair where it fortunately vanished.
I have ever so slight orange peel (you have to move it reflectively under a bright light to catch it) and a small outline of the hair I removed.
Here is my quandary:
I followed through on the ScratchX/Meguier polishing process which took out the sanding haze.
I got overzealous wanting to see the results and forgot that I want to clear coat the finish...!!!!
So my (2) questions are:
Is the slightly orange-peeled surface viable to be clear coated....
And.....
What preparation to I need to do to remove the waxes I applied and clean the base coat off to prepare it for the clear...
First off, I want to say thanks to each and all of you for chiming in my many posts for suggestions and guidance.
My current first paint went off well with an overall nice finish. I had some nibs and a dog hair in the paint finish.
I misspoke in that the sanding pads and a surface finishing kit I have has pads and paper starting at 4000 and incrementally up to 2400.
In address to this body, I used to warm water/dish soap method using three pads starting with 6000 to 8000 and then 12000.
I used extremely light pressure over the flat surfaces to remove the nibs and focused lightly on the hair where it fortunately vanished.
I have ever so slight orange peel (you have to move it reflectively under a bright light to catch it) and a small outline of the hair I removed.
Here is my quandary:
I followed through on the ScratchX/Meguier polishing process which took out the sanding haze.
I got overzealous wanting to see the results and forgot that I want to clear coat the finish...!!!!
So my (2) questions are:
Is the slightly orange-peeled surface viable to be clear coated....
And.....
What preparation to I need to do to remove the waxes I applied and clean the base coat off to prepare it for the clear...
