Suggest a paint shop polishing compound - 3M's 3-step polishing compound or a one-step using the different polishing pads. Fresh paint and clear coat may initially cure in a day or two but it can take 30-90 days to full harden and it needs time to "breath". Paint wax is a sealer that keeps the elements out and also doesn't allow the paint to "breathe" so you could affect the durability of your paint job if you seal it up before the 30-90 day window.
I'm planning to apply 2k clearcoat on my hood on my truck, but what l dont understand after applying the clearcoat and looks shiny and nice WHY would you sand it if applying a wax to help it better ????
You don't have to, it can look nice enough for a lot of applications. But sometimes you want a smooth finish, like glass. You sand out the orange peel, then polish it so it's shiny again. Just an extra level, is all.
@@skullsandflames123 just did my headlights with the spraymax clear coat. They look good from a few feet away, but up close, the "orange peel" as I guess it's called is really bugging me. So if I skip the hand sanding test run you did (😅), can I just do the same with my headlights and use some compound and polish with a drill?
@@SwazNasty if there is orange peel, you'll definitely want to add a couple of coats and sand it flat. If you polish it like it is, you're just polishing orange peel.
@@SwazNasty you want to "build" up the finish so you can sand it perfectly flat. If you don't apply enough coats you'll go right thru the finish. Building it up allows you to sand it flat like glass then the polishing compounds work well to bring the high gloss back. Believe it or not but I do use a superglue (CA) finish on all of my products. The reason I watched this is I have never used the product that is on this video, and wanted to see how well it buffed back up. I'm a professional custom pool cue maker here in Ontario Canada and after building up approx 30 to 40 thin coats on my cues I get a wet look after polishing and buffing my finish out. What this gentleman has done here is very nice work, he's elininated all of the "high" spots when referring to the orange leel effect. Then after going thru the entire process, no mater what angle you look at his finish you won't see any waves or flaws and the final dfinish will be very high gloss. This is actually the proper way to do a finish like this to create a professianl look! Nice job!!
Suggest a paint shop polishing compound - 3M's 3-step polishing compound or a one-step using the different polishing pads.
Fresh paint and clear coat may initially cure in a day or two but it can take 30-90 days to full harden and it needs time to "breath". Paint wax is a sealer that keeps the elements out and also doesn't allow the paint to "breathe" so you could affect the durability of your paint job if you seal it up before the 30-90 day window.
Love the seat color by the way, and what a cool idea for the fuel gauge!
Looks tight, might have to steal the fuel gauge idea. Awesome!!
Never sand in circles!
Not really a bike guy but damn that’s Turning out really freaking nice 👍
I love it, I was planning to do the same with my car ;p
nice thx!
dry?
Only watched a couple of minutes. Plug ALL the holes in the gas tank. It will keep all the crud out of the inside of your tank.
I'm planning to apply 2k clearcoat on my hood on my truck, but what l dont understand after applying the clearcoat and looks shiny and nice WHY would you sand it if applying a wax to help it better ????
You don't have to, it can look nice enough for a lot of applications. But sometimes you want a smooth finish, like glass. You sand out the orange peel, then polish it so it's shiny again. Just an extra level, is all.
@@skullsandflames123 just did my headlights with the spraymax clear coat. They look good from a few feet away, but up close, the "orange peel" as I guess it's called is really bugging me. So if I skip the hand sanding test run you did (😅), can I just do the same with my headlights and use some compound and polish with a drill?
@@SwazNasty if there is orange peel, you'll definitely want to add a couple of coats and sand it flat. If you polish it like it is, you're just polishing orange peel.
@@skullsandflames123 got it, will do thanks chief
@@SwazNasty you want to "build" up the finish so you can sand it perfectly flat. If you don't apply enough coats you'll go right thru the finish. Building it up allows you to sand it flat like glass then the polishing compounds work well to bring the high gloss back. Believe it or not but I do use a superglue (CA) finish on all of my products. The reason I watched this is I have never used the product that is on this video, and wanted to see how well it buffed back up. I'm a professional custom pool cue maker here in Ontario Canada and after building up approx 30 to 40 thin coats on my cues I get a wet look after polishing and buffing my finish out. What this gentleman has done here is very nice work, he's elininated all of the "high" spots when referring to the orange leel effect. Then after going thru the entire process, no mater what angle you look at his finish you won't see any waves or flaws and the final dfinish will be very high gloss. This is actually the proper way to do a finish like this to create a professianl look! Nice job!!
Ugh. Wax. Lol