bill3337
Member
Hi,
First I'll confirm I am a rank amateur painter. This is the second car that I've taken from bare metal to finished paint. I've used HOK jet black base and their show clear. I started the wet sanding with 1200 and stiff block, then to 1500 and 2000, all by hand. I have a d/a with trizact discs, but wanted to make sure I was getting this as flat as possible. I'm not finished polishing in this photo, but have finished the passes with 3M #1. This will be followed by #2 and #3. While the picture looks pretty good, when you move your head around you can see "distortion" in the image, as if a distortion in a mirror. To me, it appears to be below the surface, like maybe orange peel in the base? I suspect there's nothing I can do about it, but I'd like to know what the experts think. Thanks, Bill in Victoria, BC
First I'll confirm I am a rank amateur painter. This is the second car that I've taken from bare metal to finished paint. I've used HOK jet black base and their show clear. I started the wet sanding with 1200 and stiff block, then to 1500 and 2000, all by hand. I have a d/a with trizact discs, but wanted to make sure I was getting this as flat as possible. I'm not finished polishing in this photo, but have finished the passes with 3M #1. This will be followed by #2 and #3. While the picture looks pretty good, when you move your head around you can see "distortion" in the image, as if a distortion in a mirror. To me, it appears to be below the surface, like maybe orange peel in the base? I suspect there's nothing I can do about it, but I'd like to know what the experts think. Thanks, Bill in Victoria, BC