gasket999
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How-do folks.
I have an old Land Rover with (very) roughly sprayed 1K synthetic paint.
Its a terrible finish - there are runs, orange peel, contouring from old layers of paint and lots of dust in the finish (the paint is actually rough to the touch) but its an old land rover which is otherwise in lovely nick.
That being said, the paint is solid enough and given that its a working vehicle and the panels in question are aluminium, I don't want to respray it. Instead I'd like to just cut through the worst of the paint before polishing it up warts-an-all.
I would just run through various grades of polish, but I think it needs something more aggressive for the first pass (like wet'n'dry) to knock the worst of it off.
I can only justify spending a day on the job and would like to make use of the polishes and gear in the cupboard so I was just going to do the following:
1) Wet sand with wet'n'dry.
2) T-Cut applied by hand
3) Wax polish by hand
Does this sound reasonable?
Also: I've never used wet'n'dry on a topcoat before and I'm afraid I'm not overly familiar with how severe the different grades are - could anyone recommend a grade, or grades, to start with?
I don't have a polisher or an orbital sander - only a Halfords buffer like this.
I'd really appreciate any pointers. Many thanks indeed.
I have an old Land Rover with (very) roughly sprayed 1K synthetic paint.
Its a terrible finish - there are runs, orange peel, contouring from old layers of paint and lots of dust in the finish (the paint is actually rough to the touch) but its an old land rover which is otherwise in lovely nick.
That being said, the paint is solid enough and given that its a working vehicle and the panels in question are aluminium, I don't want to respray it. Instead I'd like to just cut through the worst of the paint before polishing it up warts-an-all.
I would just run through various grades of polish, but I think it needs something more aggressive for the first pass (like wet'n'dry) to knock the worst of it off.
I can only justify spending a day on the job and would like to make use of the polishes and gear in the cupboard so I was just going to do the following:
1) Wet sand with wet'n'dry.
2) T-Cut applied by hand
3) Wax polish by hand
Does this sound reasonable?
Also: I've never used wet'n'dry on a topcoat before and I'm afraid I'm not overly familiar with how severe the different grades are - could anyone recommend a grade, or grades, to start with?
I don't have a polisher or an orbital sander - only a Halfords buffer like this.
I'd really appreciate any pointers. Many thanks indeed.