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glennster
11-21-2006 12:05:57
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Re: when to buff a new paint job in reply to djw, 11-21-2006 09:07:06
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dry time will depend on temperature. with your paint i would wait 4-5 days, check in some out of the way spot with your thumbnail, press in to see if the paint is still soft, if not you can wet sand and buff. i would go with 1500 -2000 grit, 600 is pretty aggressive, and a bugger to buff the scratches out. they way we do it here at the shop, wet sand with 2000, warm water mixed with car wash soap, dunk a sponge in the water and hold it ablove where you are sanding, keep flushing the area with soapy water, dunk the paper in the water too. we then use a "presta" black heavy cutting pad (black in color) on the buffer with the presta ultra cutting creme to remove the 2000 scratches, then switch to a presta yellow or green pad, med or light cut and use 3m finesse it II finishing material , the switch to a presta blue pad, polishing pad and use 3m imperial machine glaze. you could also use meguiars m-5 machine glase, and then hand glaze with meguirars show car glaze. yeah it takes time, but doing it in stages elimates burning thru the paint and having to re shoot. also pick up a spur and clean the buffing pads often.
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