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1988 Convertible for sunny day drives
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<blockquote data-quote="Tourmax" data-source="post: 204524" data-attributes="member: 5304"><p>I thought I’d show a bit of the process, just in case anyone is thinking of color sanding.</p><p></p><p>First, you have to get your mind right about doing this to your nice shiny paint job:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]39235[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Thats wet sanded with 2000 grit wet/dry.</p><p></p><p>Then, its on to compounding:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]39236[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Thats the first pass with the compounding pad on the rotary buffer. If you zoom in, you can see the “haze” and maybe even the scratches that are still there.</p><p></p><p>Then, second pass:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]39237[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Scratches gone, just nice clean shiny paint.</p><p></p><p>But the thing about a rotary buffer is you have to know what you are doing and be very careful with it. Its a serious piece of professional grade kit and like anything “pro grade”, you can do serious damage in an instant if you mess up.</p><p></p><p>Here’s what a moment of carelessness can do:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]39238[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Notice the missing paint at the base of the spoiler pedestal? That was <em><strong>literally</strong></em> a <strong><em><u>split second</u></em></strong> touch with the yellow 6” pad on 3000 rpm.</p><p></p><p>One split second touch and....<em><strong>POOF</strong></em>!</p><p></p><p>Paint gone right down to the parent material. Fortunately, its an easy fix with the touch up paint. But it shows you what happens if you get careless, let alone what you could do if you don’t know how to use a rotary....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tourmax, post: 204524, member: 5304"] I thought I’d show a bit of the process, just in case anyone is thinking of color sanding. First, you have to get your mind right about doing this to your nice shiny paint job: [ATTACH type="full" alt="31C25FA4-C2DB-4B75-8F9D-A552C6182CC2.jpeg"]39235[/ATTACH] Thats wet sanded with 2000 grit wet/dry. Then, its on to compounding: [ATTACH type="full" alt="5AC7FEB8-DB2A-4202-B501-2C692BBC3B77.jpeg"]39236[/ATTACH] Thats the first pass with the compounding pad on the rotary buffer. If you zoom in, you can see the “haze” and maybe even the scratches that are still there. Then, second pass: [ATTACH type="full" alt="0A757C54-2863-43A8-88B5-990023958B35.jpeg"]39237[/ATTACH] Scratches gone, just nice clean shiny paint. But the thing about a rotary buffer is you have to know what you are doing and be very careful with it. Its a serious piece of professional grade kit and like anything “pro grade”, you can do serious damage in an instant if you mess up. Here’s what a moment of carelessness can do: [ATTACH type="full" alt="E4DA0124-C834-4703-AAD0-216F76D5BE1E.jpeg"]39238[/ATTACH] Notice the missing paint at the base of the spoiler pedestal? That was [I][B]literally[/B][/I] a [B][I][U]split second[/U][/I][/B] touch with the yellow 6” pad on 3000 rpm. One split second touch and....[I][B]POOF[/B][/I]! Paint gone right down to the parent material. Fortunately, its an easy fix with the touch up paint. But it shows you what happens if you get careless, let alone what you could do if you don’t know how to use a rotary.... [/QUOTE]
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