Hi everyone, while I painted my 1969 Beaumont this summer in my own shop, the paint came out really well for a backyard first time attempt with a bit of dust and orange peel in the paint. After parking the car for the winter I figured it was time for the wet sanding and power buffing. Being a first timer. I had a spare front Fender that I had used for practice to paint so I used at my practice for wet sanding and powerbuffing ,I felt it was a good idea to give the clearcoat lots of drying time so i wont burn the edges or thru it. I washed the whole car and gave it a good rinse and wipe down. I worked on one panel at a time hand wetsand,I sanded 1st with 1500 grit ( 1000 grit for the really bad spots) used my sanding block as a squeegie and wiped down lots to see the spots id missed. Then I moved to 2000 grit and finally 2500, Long go !!! 6 hours on one 1/4 panel and when you finsh its just dull and flat and smooth. Now comes the fun part, I used the 3M system and buffed out with #2 buffing compond, wiped it down and went over the spots that were still dull, then I went over the whole panel one more time with the buffer and NO pressure, just the weight of the Makita. Finally I use 3 M machine polish for the final buff. All I can say is WOW !!! the paintjob is far from perfect but it came out way better than I could ever have dreamed. You can see your refection in every panel and the nibs that were in the paint are 98% gone and the paint has that wet look to it. I was wishing the sun would come out today for just a little while so I could see what it looks like in real like. Flourecents are great for a working light and for seeing ornge peel and nibs but its not the same as direct sunlight. I have the rear trunk lid done and the drivers 1/4 panel and door and my next days off im gonna tackle the front fender, SLOW GO but totally worth it in the end. Ill keep you all posted on the progress. MYLO
good job, i know it is lots of work, i only used 3000 grit would have gone faster with 1500 and stepping up to 3000 looks great, and knowing you did it yourself makes it even better..
Hi everyone, while I painted my 1969 Beaumont this summer in my own shop, the paint came out really well for a backyard first time attempt with a bit of dust and orange peel in the paint. After parking the car for the winter I figured it was time for the wet sanding and power buffing. Being a first timer. I had a spare front Fender that I had used for practice to paint so I used at my practice for wet sanding and powerbuffing ,I felt it was a good idea to give the clearcoat lots of drying time so i wont burn the edges or thru it. I washed the whole car and gave it a good rinse and wipe down. I worked on one panel at a time hand wetsand,I sanded 1st with 1500 grit ( 1000 grit for the really bad spots) used my sanding block as a squeegie and wiped down lots to see the spots id missed. Then I moved to 2000 grit and finally 2500, Long go !!! 6 hours on one 1/4 panel and when you finsh its just dull and flat and smooth. Now comes the fun part, I used the 3M system and buffed out with #2 buffing compond, wiped it down and went over the spots that were still dull, then I went over the whole panel one more time with the buffer and NO pressure, just the weight of the Makita. Finally I use 3 M machine polish for the final buff. All I can say is WOW !!! the paintjob is far from perfect but it came out way better than I could ever have dreamed. You can see your refection in every panel and the nibs that were in the paint are 98% gone and the paint has that wet look to it. I was wishing the sun would come out today for just a little while so I could see what it looks like in real like. Flourecents are great for a working light and for seeing ornge peel and nibs but its not the same as direct sunlight. I have the rear trunk lid done and the drivers 1/4 panel and door and my next days off im gonna tackle the front fender, SLOW GO but totally worth it in the end. Ill keep you all posted on the progress. MYLO
good job, i know it is lots of work, i only used 3000 grit would have gone faster with 1500 and stepping up to 3000
looks great, and knowing you did it yourself makes it even better..
Nice work! It is time consuming, yes. But so worth it when it turns out like that. Thanks for sharing the pics and the story.
Beautiful work of art, Congrats !
Looks great, the hard work sure is worthwhile when you get results like that!!
WANT TO DO MY CAR MYLO ????? FOR A FIRST TIMER , VERY NICE ! WHEN TO CAN SEE THE GUY TAKING THE PICTURE IN THE CAR , THERE YOU GOT A 2 FOOTER JOB !!
-- Edited by since 1983 on Sunday 25th of November 2012 04:52:04 PM