Ha! I keep saying that to Ryan
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Kerry Grubb, on Flickr
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Kerry Grubb, on Flickr
Started wet sanding yesterday. The shiny areas are the wet spots not dry yet.
So I made a couple of mistakes. First was I waited a week to start the 'cut and buff'. I went back to the paint shop for some more clear coat and the guys there told me that 24 hrs is a good enough wait time. They said the longer the clear sits the harder it gets thus, wet sanding is harder to do.
The reason I was getting more clear is that I boofed the wet sanding. I was too lazy! I started with 600, then 800 then 1200 then 2500. I then started buffing. This was all done in about an hours time!!! Problem was I never got the 600 gr scratches out. No amount of buffing is going to remove scratches that deep. So I scuffed the entire hood with 600 again (after cleaning well with grease and wax remover) then put an additional 3 coats of clear. The second go round had a little more dust than the first time as I was rushing it.
I waited the 24 hrs and started the wet sand with 2000 (as opposed to 600, which the shop said was way to coarse to start with) this time around. Took about 3 hrs to do the entire hood, still need a bit of touch up. Next up is 3000. I will do that tonight after work. I may stop at 4000 then start buffing.