is this normal for color sanding/buffing?

[Iman]

Iman

January 17, 2011 at 5:53 am #27330

I painted my honda about a month ago and just the other day I decided to color sand and buff it because of some orange peel and dullness… well I started from the hood and used 1500g until I could get the surface as even as I can, and than used a 7″ buffer with a wool pad and a regular 3M rubbing compound (not the perfect it 3000). but every section took about 4 tries for me to get a shiny!

I divided up the hood into 4 sections, applied compound in a z pattern went over it with a buffer.. I did this in overlapping patterns with different speeds.. each section took Atleast 4 tries to get shinny and lose the dullness you get after wet sanding… am i using the right compound? did I just wait way too long to color sand and buff?

thanks in advance,

[james caruso]

james caruso

January 17, 2011 at 7:16 am #27332

1500 is coarse and takes some work on cured clears to get them out. if you can get your hands on some 3m 3000 trizact discs you could buzz over the car with that then buffing would be a whole lot easier and probably come out alot better.

[Ben Hart]

Ben Hart

January 17, 2011 at 7:27 am #27334

[quote=”jim c” post=17259]1500 is coarse and takes some work on cured clears to get them out. if you can get your hands on some 3m 3000 trizact discs you could buzz over the car with that then buffing would be a whole lot easier and probably come out alot better.[/quote]

Yep. Sounds like an appropriate amount of time. Your technique, pad and cut polish/compound will make a difference, but the biggest thing is how coarse the scratches. I usually only polish 2000 or finer.

The 3000 trizac is awesome and speeds the process incredibly. It, however, is not cheap.

[Russ]

Russ

January 17, 2011 at 6:43 pm #27340

When i was painting we used Farecla G3, have you used it over there? Seemed good stuff along with a 3M handgalze.

[Richard]

Richard

January 17, 2011 at 8:02 pm #27347

Also 3M rubbing compound is a little on the dull side. You may want to step your first cut up to something like Superduty.

[Ben Hart]

Ben Hart

January 18, 2011 at 3:57 am #27365

[quote=”ukpainter” post=17267]When i was painting we used Farecla G3, have you used it over there? Seemed good stuff along with a 3M handgalze.[/quote]

I’ve used it and like it a lot. I do like some of the 3M products too. Just prefrence

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