BAD wetsanding marks

[green95ss]

Hi all,

Let me preface this post with "Yes, I did do a search" but I could not find exactly what I was looking for .

I just got my GN a few months ago. The paint is new, but whoever painted it was not a good painter at all. There are "solvent pops" all over the place (this is what I was told they were). The previous owner had the car wetsanded prior to selling it to me, but that didn't take out the pops at all, and now it has wetsanding marks all over it. The car looks great at dusk because the body is perfect, but in direct sunlight it looks horrible.

I tried buffing out the finish with a orbital polisher and using 3M polishing compound, but it was my first time every attempting this so I'm sure I didn't do it quite right--because it made ZERO difference. I used the pad that came with the polisher (white and fuzzy-looking).

Any suggestions on getting her looking at least a little better? The interior is excellent, the body looks awesome, and all weatherstripping and hardware is new, but the paint is junk. Other than that, I am loving this car!

Thanks,

Guhan

 

[Boston GN]

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/

You will learn all you need there. Best website out there for detailing cars

 

[Red Regal T]

Really sounds like your best bet is to talk to someone local to you who knows how to polish out a car. I never used an orbital style polisher but I don't think they'll do the job to compound out sanding scratches. You're not familiar with how to use a standard buffer so your going to have to go to someone who does.

 

[Phatman]

I agree with John 110%, I've done several and it seems as though every one is a learning experience. By the time you try several different grades of compound, wool pads, foam pads, bla, bla, bla....you'll no doubt come out farther ahead paying someone to do it.

 

[zam70]

an orbital buffer is a wax machine...a far cry from an actual buffer.

You need speed & cut to make that baby shine. Your best solution is an auto body/paint shop. NOT a detail shop, a paint shop. Tell them you want it to shine...they'll know what to do

Unfortunately some of the solvent pop is probably there to stay...it should still shine though.