Ok I have figured the picture posting thing out and hope there is a quicker way. This 69 Camaro was painted by the son of the owner. The owner has nine of this same body style which I have sanded and polished. Process: Dawn dish wash Sanded 3m 1500 grit wet 20 sheets Sanded 3m 2000 grit wet 10 sheets Sanded 3m 2500 grit wet 5 sheets Makita 9227, Dewalt DW849 Edge pad W106 white wool Edge pad E110 green foam Edge pad E111 blue foam 50/50 Perfect it II rubbing compound and Perfect it III extra cut compound Perfect-It™ II Foam Polishing Pad Glaze dark car 3m Perfect it II hand glaze Dyna 007 Prep bond Dyna Brilliance 36 billed hours Orange peel galore Working our way through the peel was tough
We sand every inch of the car At this point 15 hours of sanding has taken place and the one part of the hood is compounded This is a 300 watt clear security bulb that will show us any swirl left after compounding We back tape every edge to ensure no burns while working on other panels Thanks
Holy crap bud! Great job! Please keep posting. I always turn down sanding jobs as I am not interested but after seeing you do this, I may have to reconsider.
wow great job. One question, why no backing block or anything when sanding. Sanding using bare hands is a no-no, should use at least a block, like a thing rubber one if you want flexibility. None the less great job and heck of a lot of work but the results are sure worth it!
Great question about the free hand shot. We do use hard blocks, soft blocks, curved blocks. We even make our on blocks. We go free hand when there is a reason to. Then we block back over it to take out the finger dips.
There is nothing wrong with sanding without a block. I do the samething on all the custom paint jobs I wetsand. Great job Perfection. I do alot of wet sanding for a friends custom paint shop.
Main problem with sanding without any kind of backing is you will get light wavy impressions from your fingers. I have always used some sort of block or backing and have heard from everything that you should always use something.
The hundreds of cars I have done we have not noticed that. Some need the aid of a block and were taught with a block, others like myself hardly use one, I have rarely used one. To me it takes away the feel of your work and plus using a block you can not feel the debris under the paper. I just wanted let others know that a block is not needed, but if that is your choice to use one then thats great.
In 17 years of sanding customs and production cars I have also free handed a ton of cars and agree that it is much faster. But after doing it for so long the ability to sand free hand is also mastered.
That's some great work! Is this something that can be achieved with a DA for wet sanding in order to conserve time for the the flatter portions of the panels? I'm interested in being able to do a full wet sand and am seeking for some advice.
