Wet Sanding

[brisa]

I have quite a few unsightly scrapes on the car and tackled a few with touch up and 2000 grit w&d paper. Wasn't too bad but left a few more scratches than I would have hoped for before polishing. All out now but was hard work by hand!

Well there is at least 1 more per panel so I need to find something less scratchy! It seems to be Meguairs Unigrip is the stuff but does anyone on our shores stock this? 3000 grit maybe?

Cheers

 

[six_impressive_hours]

Maybe if you tried using a bit of G3 cutting compound on it before polishing and waxing it would be easier? Be careful though - there is a LOT of cut in G3!!

Jamesy

 

[metro1800]

You can get glass paper in 3000 grit. As said above G3 is good stuff, but very coarse. Another good product is Autoglym bodyshop extra abrasive, but use with caution!

 

[pablo]

2k paper then machine polish with G3 would be the ticket no?

 

[metro1800]

It has to be used properly or you can make a REAL hash of teh paint

 

[bludgod]

you can g3 by hand but it will rip your arms out!

 

[brisa]

The paper I used was just a bit harsh and too far to much polisahing to get out. I don't want to be using anything to course on the polishing side . Just looking to flaten the touch up out with the w&d then polish the matt finish left.

 

[Lyons]

What about touching scratches up, and then using the above combination of treatment? I have a few scratches which i reckon are too deep for the PC. Obviously if paint is applied from a touch up pen it will end up sitting higher than the rest of the surface, but but a bit of sanding remove this, this leaving it flush with the rest of said panel?

Baz C assures me this would work, but id like some more folk to confirm it!

Also dont think i could bring myself to take sandpaper to the car!

 

[Martyn]

It will deffo work lyons.... Just takes a bit of time...

The last car I did like this the touch up paint was the wrong shade and it still looked ok from a distance.......

 

[Lyons]

Oh, so you can do this too if that super duper gloss doesnt do the trick?

 

[Martyn]

can do........... But it will take time to build the paint up and let it dry.