wet sanding and buffing acrylic enamel ? help me

[ont_guy_38]

You say there is a lot of gold in it so I,m guessing you mean metallic in the paint,thats makes it very touchy to buff without a clear coat,any wet sanding at all will cut into the metallic and you will have a big mess.If it is just a little hazy I would get some 3M finesse compound and very lightly try buffing it out,That might make it passable but hard to say without seeing it. Hope it turns out for you

[hdflstf]

Originally Posted by ont_guy_38

You say there is a lot of gold in it so I,m guessing you mean metallic in the paint,thats makes it very touchy to buff without a clear coat,any wet sanding at all will cut into the metallic and you will have a big mess.If it is just a little hazy I would get some 3M finesse compound and very lightly try buffing it out,That might make it passable but hard to say without seeing it. Hope it turns out for you

What he said. Start with that. If you want to wet sand, try a place you can't see first and go with 2000, lots of water and make sure everything is meticulously clean. I expect you'll have a different gold color at the place you tried color sanding. Ideally, you'd want a couple of coats of clear (with nothing else in it) on top so you can color sand without any issues.

[66skylarkpost]

i hope to find and easy way out . this truck was painted years ago and was full of scratches and marks , then i got rear ended in may made a mess , b piller replacement , lower rear box section , not to mention the changing of the frames . so it already looks alot better than before , im got to happy . now this is my first painting with a hvlp , doin it in my garage , have plenty of lighting and ventilation .when i first painted then box , i got cramped near the wall and put a run the left side . i wet sanded it out, scuffed the entire and sprayed it again . it looks ok , but soem hazed spots . i also scuffed and resprayed the right side . thats the side i'm worried about . ive since paitned the filler door and tailgate and the turned out much better . i'm new here at this, learnign at what to do as i go . atleast the rest will look better , i hope . the paint is napa/martin senour w8815 1988-89 chevy truck m garnet red ( burgandy ) it has alot of gold in it . looks pretty in the sun . i'll run to napa here this afternoon and get something . i painted the box around ten days ago and its still on a stand . i'll get some pics

[ont_guy_38]

Being garnet red you might get away with a little more buffing before you notice the metallic screwing up.If you cant get it the way you want it to look just drive it for awhile and someday scuff it off and shoot it with base/clear.If all you have to do is spray over what you have then you could get away with a just a couple of coats of base since it is all one colour now.`The base is almost impossible to screw up and if you do get the clear a little dry you can buff it up without any problems.In the long run B/C pays for itself because you will never repaint because of fading and it makes matching alot easier incase you have to do any touch ups later on.Something to think about anyways

[Kevin45]

You can buff the AE but I would wait at a minimum of 30 days before you do it. Also you did not mention whether or not you had hardener in it. AE does not cure out fast like BC/CC. If you buff too soon and too aggressively you can imbed compound into the paint.

Kevin

[66skylarkpost]

its was painted about 2 weeks ago . yes i has hardner . it was mixed 8 parts paint , 4 parts reducer with one part hardener

[ont_guy_38]

Originally Posted by Kevin45

You can buff the AE but I would wait at a minimum of 30 days before you do it.

You can buff A/E yes but when it is metallic you run the risk of cutting into the metallic and if that happens you will not be happy with the results