How to Wet Sand Black Paint to Remove Orange Peel
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Wet sanding a black car to remove orange peel is a BIG job, as black paint is one of the HARDEST colors to get looking good. Because of the dark color, any dullness or left over sanding marks will be SUPER obvious.
At the same time, it's a very aggressive procedure that removes a lot of clear coat material, so you need to be careful you're not removing too much and burning the paint.
In this highlight reel from a recent live detailing class I hosted here on UA-cam, I go over my tried and true techniques for wet sanding by hand using Harbor Freight wet sanding paper.
Thanks for watching, and let me know in the comments below if you have any questions about anything I covered!
- Mike Phillips
Chief Education Officer, Dr. Beasley's
(760) 515-0444 | mike@drbeasleys.com
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Gentleman please please .. when you are showing us something and teaching us zoom in so we can see, the camera is way way to far!!
Thank you for all you do 🙏
Will try harder to do a better job. I agree, when "showing" stuff, it helps for the camera person to move in or zoom in and capture the results so the audience can see what we're seeing.
Thank you for watching and commenting. -Mike Phillips
I've seen other videos from Dr. Beasley's Chris Racana that say you shouldn't prime your pad. Just getting contradiction information about the use of NSPs For example: ua-cam.com/video/LHyWpNgSLdM/v-deo.html
Technically you don't need to prime a FOAM pad as continuing to use the same pad you'll be priming the pad by using it. With microfiber pads, the detailing world consensus, lead by RUPES is that you should/must prime MICROFIBER pads to ensure each fiber is coated with abrasive technology BEFORE using the pad to remove defects. And with rotary polishers, I never prime them, but some people do. In fact, when I worked for Meguiar's in Irvine, California, we taught priming foam pads on rotary polishers with M34 Final Inspection. That was the official Meguiar's recommendation, but I never did this as a practice for the last 40+ years.
Thanks for watching and commenting. -Mike Phillips
The rule of thumb 👍 I like it!
It's a simple technique that keeps you safe or keeps you from having to apply touch-up paint to edges and raised body lines. Or worse, repainting an entire panel.
Thank you for watching and commenting. -Mike Phillips
First!!!!
First forever 😇😊😊
Hi, I just wet sanded a black vehicle today as well! However I noticed that I introduced finer scratches which I can't seem to remove! I sanded with 2000 grit followed by 3000 grit followed by da polisher with short microfiber pad. i did 4 passes 2 times!
The trick is with each grit of paper you go up in to double the amount of passes to ensure you remove the previous grit scratch. If you do 15 passes with 2,000 do 30 passes with 3,000. Seems to me you didnt remove the 2000 grit scratch
Following 2000 grit with 3000 grit can be done, this is a pretty large jump for a newbie. The key is to completely replace the 2000 grit sanding marks with 3000 grit sanding marks and this takes both practice and extreme focus on the task at hand. Don't feel bad if you didn't do this, most people can't.
Also, get a rotary polisher and a wool pad to remove the sanding marks, it's not only FASTER - but a wool pad also spinning on a rotary polisher is much more effective at removing 100% of the sanding marks as compared to ANY brand or type of orbital polisher.
Thank you for watching and commenting. -Mike Phillips