Topic: Painted my car, now how to get rid of orange peel / after paint what to do (Read 6244 times)

Whitey · « **on:** December 04, 2009, 06:08:50 PM »

Painted the car in the driveway. Now what am I supposed to do after the clear coat to finish it off? Sanding? what grit? Buffing? what buffer, pads and polish? Its a base coat clear coat using Sherman williams paint.

Paint in all its orange peel glory:

At least its better then Before:

bigwig · « **Reply #1 on:** December 04, 2009, 06:10:38 PM »

Look up the writeup on how to paint with Rustoleum paint. They go into pretty good detail on how to minimize orange peel.

j.h.christ · « **Reply #2 on:** December 04, 2009, 06:33:55 PM »

i like the orange peel look.

jeffsciv23 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2009, 06:39:08 PM »

its like brail for "dont steal me!"

defanitley time to wet sand. is that all in the clear or in the base coat also? if the base was liek that before you shot the clear then you might need to do alot more then wet sand.

1991civicsi · « **Reply #4 on:** December 04, 2009, 07:51:39 PM »

That looks like a Reducer issue. But nonetheless, wetsand with 1000 grit using a sanding block, and then compound it with a lambswool pad or a foam pad. After that, you will need polish with a foam pad. Then wax is the final step.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2009, 07:52:46 PM »

Fuck, you should have just ryno lined that bitch.....lol

Leed's brother ryno lined the bay of his nissan and it looked great. We got bored in auto shop in High School and just panted a friends truck with some house paint and a roller...... Man was he pissed at the end of the day when he saw what we did to his truck. It ok though we panted it white, and you couldent see any of the door dings his truck had after that. He was gona turn it into a offroad beast anyway.

WOT · « **Reply #6 on:** December 04, 2009, 08:16:35 PM »

I hope youve got ALOT of clear on there, thats gonna take alot to make that smooth

random-strike · « **Reply #7 on:** December 04, 2009, 08:38:15 PM »

tow it back to the salvage yard ;D

jeffsciv23 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 04, 2009, 08:49:12 PM »

aircraft stripper ftw

88dx · « **Reply #9 on:** December 04, 2009, 08:59:15 PM »

It hard to tell by the pics but it dosnet look like u got enouf clear on it. Thats pretty bad, start by wet sanding it with 1000 grit and see how it looks. ur not going to get all that out but u might make it look somewhat better

Robb · « **Reply #10 on:** December 04, 2009, 09:30:36 PM »

This reminds me of the Mythbusters episode (no I dont usually watch that fucking show) where the golfball exterior gained them a supposed 11% efficiency in fuel mileage. Anybody else see that shit?

If its true, I wonder if there are any benefits to having such a surface inside an intake manifold?

lilpooh21186 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 04, 2009, 09:32:49 PM »

Wetsand for days

bryantaylor · « **Reply #12 on:** December 04, 2009, 09:35:06 PM »

fire, works every time.

Stealthmode · « **Reply #13 on:** December 04, 2009, 09:39:09 PM »

Jesus christ.

It's "clear" to see (big pun?) that the clear didn't atomize out of the gun correctly. I think you'd be good to machine sand with a light grit to get the surface more flat, hopefully without getting into the color coat. Play with the gun settings, and spray clear again.

klyph · « **Reply #14 on:** December 04, 2009, 09:45:07 PM »

I think it looks fine. Just call it done.

brine04 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 04, 2009, 09:49:16 PM »

Quote from: klyph on December 04, 2009, 09:45:07 PM

I think it looks fine. Just call it done.

+1 it's a $650 Buick

klyph · « **Reply #16 on:** December 04, 2009, 09:51:15 PM »

That's what we call a 15 mile an hour paint job.

1991civicsi · « **Reply #17 on:** December 04, 2009, 11:16:36 PM »

Grandpa wont notice the orange peel in his car, dont worry about it.

Whitey · « **Reply #18 on:** December 04, 2009, 11:58:55 PM »

Quote from: brine04 on December 04, 2009, 09:49:16 PM

Quote from: klyph on December 04, 2009, 09:45:07 PM
I think it looks fine. Just call it done.
+1 it's a $650 Buick

Its an Oldsmobile with 280,000 miles. It paid for itself 10 times over by now. But its really just a learning experience that this point. Even though its fine for what it is , I'd like to try and make it better for when I paint things in the future...

1991civicsi · « **Reply #19 on:** December 05, 2009, 12:07:51 AM »

I go to my local Auto Paint Supply and pick their brain. Find a good store and show them your gun, paint and reducer.
Temp and humidity are important factors in the final product, so, when choosing a reducer, tell them what climate you are spraying it in.

snm95ls · « **Reply #20 on:** December 05, 2009, 12:45:30 AM »

Quote from: Stealthmode on December 04, 2009, 09:39:09 PM

Jesus christ.

It's "clear" to see (big pun?) that the clear didn't atomize out of the gun correctly. I think you'd be good to machine sand with a light grit to get the surface more flat, hopefully without getting into the color coat. Play with the gun settings, and spray clear again.

+1.

Find a piece of scrap to test the gun settings on before you spray again.

Kain · « **Reply #21 on:** December 05, 2009, 02:17:16 AM »

1000 grit, 2000 grit, 3000 grit. wetsand. polish and then was using foam pads.

Doug · « **Reply #22 on:** December 05, 2009, 04:03:53 AM »

I was thinking about waiting till spring to paint the rex myself, but scared of this same shit happening. How much did it cost you to paint it? The fact of saving almost a grand seems appealing to me. At least I'll have a bumper and hood to practice on $:-\$

crttaz · « **Reply #23 on:** December 05, 2009, 05:36:30 AM »

Quote from: Kain on December 05, 2009, 02:17:16 AM

1000 grit, 2000 grit, 3000 grit. wetsand. polish and then was using foam pads.

other than stripping the car, only way to get it decent.

New cars come with some orange chicken peel, moms Buick is getting a new hood thanks to Bambi and it is a PITA to TRY to match the OEM orange peel!

ochoa · « **Reply #24 on:** December 05, 2009, 05:57:57 AM »

some serous orange peel could be a mixture of things.... reducer, gun pressure, gun, elapsed flash time, and such.... but fuck for what it is the color matches looks great

I wouldnt put the time into cutting and buffing just my personal opinion because when u get half way through and pissed and quit it looks even worse cause its half done...... just get it a little dirty she will look like new :yes:

jeffsciv23 · « **Reply #25 on:** December 05, 2009, 02:10:31 PM »

here is a website that has some cheap paint prices and can get it in any OEM color. a friend looked up laguna seca blue from the bmw and for the whole kit with everything he needed to paint his car it was gonna be like $330

http://www.tcpglobal.com/restorationshop/rspcolors.aspx

OEM color book
http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/

jarebear667 · « **Reply #26 on:** December 05, 2009, 02:21:06 PM »

Quote from: ochoa on December 05, 2009, 05:57:57 AM

some serous orange peel could be a mixture of things.... reducer, gun pressure, gun, elapsed flash time, and such.... but fuck for what it is the color matches looks great I wouldnt put the time into cutting and buffing just my personal opinion because when u get half way through and pissed and quit it looks even worse cause its half done...... just get it a little dirty she will look like new :yes:

I TEACH YOU WELL.

Doug · « **Reply #27 on:** December 05, 2009, 07:11:46 PM »

Quote from: jeffsciv23 on December 05, 2009, 02:10:31 PM

here is a website that has some cheap paint prices and can get it in any OEM color. a friend looked up laguna seca blue from the bmw and for the whole kit with everything he needed to paint his car it was gonna be like $330

http://www.tcpglobal.com/restorationshop/rspcolors.aspx

Damn I found the color I want on the Rex

dvst8r · « **Reply #28 on:** December 06, 2009, 01:18:40 AM »

Quote from: Robb on December 04, 2009, 09:30:36 PM

This reminds me of the Mythbusters episode (no I dont usually watch that fucking show) where the golfball exterior gained them a supposed 11% efficiency in fuel mileage. Anybody else see that shit?

If its true, I wonder if there are any benefits to having such a surface inside an intake manifold?

I don't know about intake manifolds, but I am starting to see it on valves.

Doug · « **Reply #29 on:** December 06, 2009, 03:11:43 AM »

How much that gun run you? I thought about just renting a good quality gun over buying a shitty gun. What was your prep work like?

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