Wet sanding single stage paint

Some people even paint over 280 grit-sanded surfaces. Use a bucket of tap water and some sandpaper wrapped around a sanding block.

Wet sanding requires a lubricant to prevent the sandpaper from burning the paint.

Wet sanding single stage paint. How to Wet Sand and Polish Paint Step 1. First I will be starting out with single stage paint and in the second part of the video will be two stage. Using a bucket of water soap can be mixed in to help aid in the sanding process.

While the soap isnt. Rinse the area removing. If youve painted something in single stage or you own something with it on it than this is for you.

This Video explains how to Buff and Polish a Single Stage Paint Job to a Glossy Wet Look using Ultra-Cut Compound and Show Car Glaze made by MeguiarsFor mo. Todays blog is entitled Color sanding Runs From a Single Stage Paint Job. Heres a question from Gavin.

Ive done a 2k single stage 21 ratio with 20 reducer paint job. This is a single-stage on an SUV and have acquired paint runs from the 2nd coat up to the 3rd coat. I flat-sanded it down and wet sand then buffed it out.

When using a single-stage paint that has a chemical hardener you will probably need to wait only 24 hours or so before sanding. The hardener allows the paint to dry faster and more crisply so sanding will be more effective earlier on in the process. After viewing 20 YouTube videosand a hundred forum threads i went and got a foam sanding block 800100015002000 grit wet paper a variable speed porter cable da and a white foam pad.

Im still in step 1 on body panel 1 which has heavy orange peel and a few fisheyes. Color-sanding its called that whether youre sanding the actual color of a single-stage paint or the clear over a basecoat can be done either wet or dry. Fill a bucket with cold water.

Attach your wet sandpaper to the sanding block. Dip the wet sandpaper into the bucket. To sand a finished enamel paint job you need to use at least 1000-grit sandpaper.

To refine the sanding job further you can repeat the wet sanding process with 1500-grit sandpaper then finish with 2000-grit sandpaper. When used as a single-stage urethane paint this coating may be wet-sanded and polished for increased depth and gloss like any other urethane topcoat. Care should be taken when lightly cutting metallic colors to prevent disturbing the aluminum flake.

Eastwood Customer Vehicles Painted with Our Single Stage Urethanes. Ill be spraying a single stage metallic paint acrylic enamel jazz blue. I will only do it as 23 stage with a clear coat.

I have to plan on wet sanding and polishing as Im no pro and I cant lay it perfectly from the gun. You can always clear over top of a single stage and sandbuff the clear. As cbyron mentioned sanding metallic.

You can actually go even more coarser if youre doing a single stage enamel. Some people even paint over 280 grit-sanded surfaces. Personally I like to stay in the range of 320-360 which is a good grit to paint over.

In this range its completely safe to go painting single stage enamel. Use a bucket of tap water and some sandpaper wrapped around a sanding block. Frequently wet the paper by dipping the sanding block into the water.

To ensure that you do not damage any of the underlay use light and short sanding stokes. Sanding in straight lines is better than circles. Sand with the shape of sculptured areas.

Wet sanding and using a multi-stage buffing system will remove most imperfections in the paint bugs dirt orange peel etc. Base coatclear coat also gives more protection over a single-stage paint after its finished in case of a minor scuff scratch etc. As the clear coat acts as an extra barrier over the color.

Fill a bucket with water and a small amount of automotive soap. Wet sanding requires a lubricant to prevent the sandpaper from burning the paint. Fill a regular bucket with water and a small amount of automotive soap.

Do not use an automotive soap that also serves as a wax or a polish. Clearcoating over the scratches wont make them go away. Sanding a candy color would create unevenness in the candy layer as its nearly impossible to sand perfectly even.

Another factor to consider is you only want as many coats of paint on the surface as are needed for coverage. Sanding between coats of paint would compromise that coverage. He goes on to say Then I sand by hand with a 3M hard-rubber sanding pad with a nice even back and forth motion and a small amount of water dripping from a clean wet rag on the area being hand.