blister Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 i recently bought a VW lupo 1999 it had a few bits and pieces needed doing such as the front wing needed painting and the doors and a few other thingsi done the doors and the wing myself but had some work done by a third party such as undersealing, wheel painting, engine bay cleaning and painting and there was a few other cars that where in the body shop at the same time and the overspray on my car is terrible! ( i did get a discount to cover my cost to remove the overspray myself)when i painted the doors it was a lovely sunny day! and after i locked the car up and went it...... very heavy rain started resulting in dimbles in my lacquer so my question is what would be my best bet to get a great finish from the cars paint work?i have at my disposal silverline polisher/buffer/sandersnow foam lancecherry snow foammeguiars paint cleanermeguiars polish stage 1meguiars caranabu waxMetalic T cutand thats about it but would like to add a few things to my inventory and would also like to find out a bit more about what pads and compounds i should be using with my silverline as i havent used it since i bought it a few photos of the car (sorry about the picture quality)there is also a photo in there before any work was carried out and i just put a good few hours worth of polishing in by hand and a bit of G3 compound with plenty of waterfew photos http://blister.picturepush.com/album/175778/p-Lupo.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgen Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Same thing happened to me mate, whole car apart from roof painted, lashed down with rain all night and day, paintwork destroyed, doors survived as were off and under gazebo in back yard, but because doors were off got some nice water stains on the seats too. .Tryed cutting it with polisher but wasste of time really so I am just going to repaint it but this time in mates garage, prob wait till spring/summer now tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bickerton Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Wet sanding or respray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott_Thomson Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) Flat the panels with 1500 grade on a random orbital sander (DA) to a nice flat finish making sure all imperfections are gone, then wet flat with 3000 grade also on the sander and then a good cutting compound with a firm pad (would recommend 3M products). Keep away from swedge lines and edges as the risk of burning through the paint is increased If attempting this yourself, Please be careful. This is the routine we use at my work for paint imperfections and defects such as orange peel (better mention that im a paint sprayer )Do not attempt this if your not confident.Scott Edited October 9, 2011 by Scott_Thomson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blister Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 all sorted now i am so happy with how it came out i will get photos tomorow morning! it looks so smooth! spent about 6 hours! wet and dry sanding! clay bar.... megs 4 stage polish and sealant! and a quick detail and stand back and smile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupo-Joe Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Need to see some before and after pictures man!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blister Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 the before photos are in the link above and i am uploading some photos of the after now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupo-Joe Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Nice job look 100x's better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blister Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 thanks matey just got to poor boy black hole and glaze it and a little bit of nattys wax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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