Here's an area I haven't hit
I'm sorry but another red oxidation boat question
I've been reviewing a lot of post about how to get rid of the oxidation and I'm going with 3M because I already have there buffing compound.
My question is when I wet sand with 1000 or 2000 grit what kind of results am I looking for before I move on. Cause I worked on a small area last night for about an hour and all though I did see some difference there still is a chaulky look to it. Is the wet sandind suppose to remove all the oxidation before I move on.
Also why is it harder if you have vynal graphics.
I've worked on this area yesterday, but its hard to see that its still chaulky.
My question is when I wet sand with 1000 or 2000 grit what kind of results am I looking for before I move on. Cause I worked on a small area last night for about an hour and all though I did see some difference there still is a chaulky look to it. Is the wet sandind suppose to remove all the oxidation before I move on.
Also why is it harder if you have vynal graphics.
I've worked on this area yesterday, but its hard to see that its still chaulky.
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And here's an area in the middle. To right untouched, to the left worked on about an hour.
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your basically trying to get rid of all the white, it can be dull, but don't move up in paper's until you got all the white out. just keep spraying water and find the white areas. from the looks of it I don't think your going deep enough. you may need to drop down to an 800. and change papers often.
its a long process I'd guess 25-30 hours of sanding for a boat of your size, thats what it took me to do the red on my 22 Pachanga
.....aren't red boats fun
its a long process I'd guess 25-30 hours of sanding for a boat of your size, thats what it took me to do the red on my 22 Pachanga
.....aren't red boats fun
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okay here are a few pics to help out. the first one is how it started
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then I wet sanded with 1000 grit on one side for about 4 hours, as you can see I didn't go deep enough there is still some white almost checker pattern in the gel after I wiped all the dust off.
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from there I decided to wet sand with an 800 and just kept working it to make sure all the white spots were gone, even with the gel wet you could still see them so I just kept sanding till they were gone. after it dries it the color should be even just dull and you'll see the scratch marks from the paper.
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after the color was even I moved up to 1000. you'll know you've hit a spot long enough when you feel the paper gliding a little easier on the gel it will feel smooth almost slick. then moved up to 1200 and did the same these steps too about 1/4 of the time of the 800. here is after 1200 just before buffing. you can see some reflection but up close its still full of scratchs
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after that I buffed it out with some race glaze just apply pressure and keep the buffer moving...still need to come back with a leveling compound but still close
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tough to get a good pic looks 10x better in person. anyways hope that helps. I'm by no means an expert and everybody has their own way of doing it butjust figured I'd share my experience
:bigsmile:
then I wet sanded with 1000 grit on one side for about 4 hours, as you can see I didn't go deep enough there is still some white almost checker pattern in the gel after I wiped all the dust off.
from there I decided to wet sand with an 800 and just kept working it to make sure all the white spots were gone, even with the gel wet you could still see them so I just kept sanding till they were gone. after it dries it the color should be even just dull and you'll see the scratch marks from the paper.
after the color was even I moved up to 1000. you'll know you've hit a spot long enough when you feel the paper gliding a little easier on the gel it will feel smooth almost slick. then moved up to 1200 and did the same these steps too about 1/4 of the time of the 800. here is after 1200 just before buffing. you can see some reflection but up close its still full of scratchs
after that I buffed it out with some race glaze just apply pressure and keep the buffer moving...still need to come back with a leveling compound but still close
tough to get a good pic looks 10x better in person. anyways hope that helps. I'm by no means an expert and everybody has their own way of doing it butjust figured I'd share my experience
:bigsmile:
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