so i did some wetsanding yesterday. heres some pics

before



after



comparison





the woman doing some



touching up with the 3M red scuff pad



my mom was a real fan of this







looks alot higher without the side skirts



looking 2.4SS'ish

 

And your doing this why?

 

X2 ??

 

why are you ruining your car man
usually the before is suppose to look worse than the after
that looks terrible i hope your not like trying to do a side skirt two tone on bottom with a non metallic blue blah!

 

What ever you do please dont paint them black.....

 

umm...were they supposed to look like ****? im really confused as to what you two are trying to do

 

Some of yall are dense....

 

he's gonna wet sand the orange peel out and re-clear it?? i dunno

 

then can you enlighten us dense ones?

 

Why does somone usually sand something? I dont know about you Ive never seen somone sand something and leave it that way And the title is paint project

 

Hes repainting them a different color.
Edit: beat me to it

 

I can tell you right now that he/they have no idea what they are doing. A red scotch brite pad is too harsh for wetsanding purposes. It is the equivalent of 400 grit sandpaper. This should only be used if a repaint is planned. Wet-sanding should never go below about 1200 grit and then work your way up to 2000. Then compound, polish, glaze, wax. As a professional who does this for a living, please do not do what these people are doing as it relates to wetsanding. They are clueless.

 

You can wet sand it and then buff the shine back to get rid of orange peel.

 

Yes, that is correct, but a red scotch brite pad is too harsh for that purpose. As stated before, a red scotch brite is the equivalent to 400 grit sandpaper. The lower the number, the harsher the scratches.

 

im pretty sure his gonna paint them black

 

Hes probably painting them, he will be fine

 

If that is the case, then he needs to use a sealer that will absorb the scratches from the scotch brite pad. Without a sealer, anything below 600 grit sandscratches will show up once painted. Not immediatly, but about a month after the item is painted and all the chemicals have flashed off, you will see the sand scratches.

 

and can you try to narrow that down a bit. Its OBVIOUS he is going to repaint them. But what color is he painting them is the question in mind here.

 

He's having them painted black!

 

Down kenhebe, i know how to prep for paint.

 

IMO the spoiler inserts will look fine black, but the black claddings looks.. well.. not good.

 

i think if your gunna paint the whole bottom black and the spoiler inserts you should put the 2 strips on the front fender, that be HOT

 

dude i cant wait for you to finish its gonna be SICK!
good luck lol

 

looks like.... well bad...

 

You mean like mine

https://www.cobaltss.net/gallery/sho...mageuser=10411