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Came around on wet sanding after a painter tore into my work
I've been painting cars for about 8 years and always skipped wet sanding on clear coat, thought it was a waste of time. Last month a guy I sub for in Columbus looked at a door I'd finished and said "this looks like you brushed it on, not sprayed." He was right, the orange peel was bad. He showed me his process with 1500 grit and a block, and the difference after buffing was night and day. Has anyone else had to eat crow on a basic technique they thought they had figured out?
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the_robin15d ago
Looks like you brushed it on" yeah that would've stung me too lmao. @brooke_murray I feel you on that. I used to think wet sanding was a waste of time, thought my clear was fine. Then I finally tried it on a door that was real bad with orange peel, hit it with 1500 and buffed it out. Whole different world after that, couldn't believe I'd been skipping it for so long.
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brooke_murray15d ago
That "looks like you brushed it on" comment would've stung me too. I used to skip wet sanding on clear all the time, but after seeing the results firsthand I had to admit I was wrong.
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