Ok I am wet sanding my parts that I painted with the appliance epoxy paint. and getting them nice and smooth the problem is after I sand them and then buff them with some turtle wax white paste, I can never get the pieces to shine like they did before I sanded them. Does anyone else have this problem getting parts to look really shiny after polishing compound. I mean it makes my 30 year old paint look better but it makes my new paint look worse. What should I do?
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- Thread starter hanly2
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1. don't apply wax to fresh paint
2. what you need is polishing compound to cut the 2000 grit sanding and bring back the shine; wax won't do that for ya.
3. don't try to do this by hand better to get a buffer of some type
Compounds I like to use - Farecla or Norton liquid ice.
2. what you need is polishing compound to cut the 2000 grit sanding and bring back the shine; wax won't do that for ya.
3. don't try to do this by hand better to get a buffer of some type
Compounds I like to use - Farecla or Norton liquid ice.
You're just not polishing it enough. I doubt any one compound will ever get you straight from sand paper to polish, especially when doing it by hand. You're missing at least 3 steps. I can't speak for appliance paint but with bad clear (really orange peely) I'd use 600, 1000, 2000, cutting compound 1, cutting compound 2, polishing compound, buffing compound, and it's not a quick process. 'Cutting', 'buffing' and 'polishing' are commonly exchanged and misused terms so don't go by that, just get a few products that have a range marked on them of how abrasive they are like the AutoMagic stuff:
the little scale on the bottom of the bottle tells you what it is, this is what you'd start with, and youd end with something like this:
and get 2 more in between those 2.
the little scale on the bottom of the bottle tells you what it is, this is what you'd start with, and youd end with something like this:
and get 2 more in between those 2.
I think you are probably right about not buffing it enough, I think that I have cut it enough I just need to really buff it better to get that shine back I guess. Is it ok to switch between products in the middle of buffing, like can I just try different compounds and polishes without hurting anything? I mean besides going too rough and cutting to much. If I don't get the shine I want now could I always go back and polish the parts later like months or even a year? Has anyone ever used the Meguires ultimate compound?
