anyway to knock down orange peel without colorsanding?

[carbed87]

as the title implies, this car i'm buying just got outta paint, and has a decent amount of orange peel. thanks guys.

 

[pitch]

A light cut pad on a dual sander/Porter Cable, with some swirl remover will help some. But be careful. According to a really good body/paint man that I talked to you don't want to remove much of it. If you drive the car a lot or do not garage it the orangepeel actually helps protect the paint.
At least that's what he said when I offered to pay him to wetsand my entire car.

 

[RacEoHolic330]

it's not the orange peel that protects the paint, its just the fact that there's a thicker layer of clearcoat compared to if you had it color sanded and buffed.

 

[pitch]

Yeh I know. Sorry I didn't state it very well. But to remove enough to get rid of the orange peel the clearcoat is virtually gone.

 

[carbed87]

ok, well, do you think it would be ok to buff on a Maaco paint job that was done last april? i know it sounds funny, but i've heard mixed responces.

 

[iskwezm]

ok, well, do you think it would be ok to buff on a Maaco paint job that was done last april? i know it sounds funny, but i've heard mixed responces.

DO not colorsand a Maaco job.Usually they use a "integrated clear" so if you rub it out,your taking color too,it will be dead in a year or so anyway,let me show a $1300.00 Maaco job my neighbor got.(after a couple of years)
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[zincyellow03]

^

 

[RacEoHolic330]

^ doesn't even look like there's any clear left. It's okay though, the "flat" look is in now... hehe.

 

[miley_stang]

Maaco painted my mom's car while it was DIRTY! There's dust and crap all under the paint!! But it's glossy for now..

I've colorsanded some pretty crappy paintjobs that were even cheaper than Maaco jobs and it works out well.. But I don't know any way to accomplish orange peel removal without colorsanding..

 

[zincyellow03]

^ doesn't even look like there's any clear left. It's okay though, the "flat" look is in now... hehe.

the flat look is in

 

[bynummustang]

Send a PM to Paul Perica. I don't know how to spell his last name. He made a thread dedicated to removing orange peel.

 

[my$100project]

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=562905
I think this is the link he's talking about...I added it to my favorites, unfortunately it doesn't help me where I stand....Hopefully it will help you......Good luck

 

[SleeperStang]

How can you color sand paint that has been clearcoated over? Do you know what colorsanding means?