Freaking awesome!!!! I'd never have an issue with detailing my G with Street Fighter in the garage!

 

Hahahaha....thats why I bought one!

 

 

looks awesome man.

Sadly, I don't have the patience, nor the skill for this type of work.

 

Congrats man, from the pics it looks like it turned out top-notch. Just to put your mind at ease, I looked at your "sanded" pics and read that you used 2000 grit and I can pretty much guarantee that you have more than enough clear coat left on you car. Don't let some of the previous posts scare you. I use 1500 then 3000 grit on a finishing DA sander, than buff. So I know your 2000 by hand barely took off any mils of clear.

 

Thanks Z, yeah...I figured that too. I dont have the money to buy a PTG reader, so I made sure that I didnt sand off too much of the clear coat. Thanks for the words of encouragement. =)

 

I would only wet-sand freshly painted or custom paint cars and strongly advise against wet-sanding OEM paint finishes as the paint is usually very thin, or wet-sanding any paint without first using a paint thickness gauge (PTG) to check the thickness of available clear coat.

Before you wet-sand and polish any OEM finish, you should know this will void the paint warranty if you remove more than 0.5Mil (12.5 µ (micron).

The following are the maximum allowable clear coat reductions the major USA car manufacturers will allow before the paint warranty becomes void; Chrysler- 0.5 Mil (12.5µ) Ford – 0.3 Mil (7.5 µ) GM – 0.5 Mil (12µ) (Source - Automotive International)

This kind of work should only be undertaken by a professional or hobbyist detailer; who is experienced in colour-sanding (wet-sanding) / paint renovation, more so than detailing, someone who uses a paint thickness gauge (PTG) to measure and document the vehicles paint as this is a technique is capable of removing ~ 12.5 µ (microns) 0.5 Mil vey quickly

Correct wet-sanding takes a lot of experience and practice to perfect. This statement is not meant to question anything related to your detailing or paint re- finishing abilities just my opinion on the risks involved

 

wow i have a love hate with my black car hate that is gets dirty quick but love it when its clean

 

^^^ I'm with you on that one. Love it after is washed and waxed, and can't stop taking pictures...lol.

 

I was thinking the same thing. It's 2012... lead has been decreased, etc. There is nothing we can do at this point.

 

What a super job.

 

I feel like doing this, then reclearing my car. You did such a fantastic job I had to come back for a second look.

 

Looks nice but as I DIY its dangerous lol

 

Thanks guys for all your positive feedback. If you have patience and do a little bit of research regarding wet sanding, you will surprise yourself with the end result. I have uploaded a quick video of finalizing the final touches (polishing phase after the rubbing compound phase). Scroll up this page to see the quick video.

Thanks again!!

 

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