How To Polish Paint After Wet Sanding

After youve worked with the 400-grit paper for a while you can switch to the 600-grit paper to make a clean even surface when painting the car.

How to polish paint after wet sanding. How to wet sand and polish paint. With a single-stage paint youll notice the color of the paint in the sanding residue which is normal. Let one half sit in the water for about five minutes before you begin then wrap your sandpaper around your sanding squeegee.

Always pre-soak the sandpaper ensure the area is wet and work evenly across the surface. Use a buffer and rubbing compound to polish the area. The water acts as a lubricant and vehicle to remove the paint dust that would normally just clog up the sandpaper and get in the way.

Use 400-grit sandpaper is great for wet sanding clear coat off car surface. Once you have completely cleaned your body allow it to dry by gently wiping down the surface with a towel. In this video I show you how you can properly wet sand and polish the clear coat on your car.

Ensure it is a soft block or you risk scratching the paint job. The detergent reduces the surface tension of the water which is great to wet the material thoroughly. Be sure your surface is clean and dry remove all contaminants Use only when temperatures range between 50F and 90F where relative humidity is below 85 Begin and finish spraying off the object using a side-to-side sweeping motion overlapping your spray slightly with each pass Paint can be recoated within an hour Paint fully cures in 24 hours.

Start by liberally spraying an area a couple of square feet in. Essentially wet sanding is the process of sanding a car with water. I also use the 3M foam polishing pads with the sculpted surface.

If this was a two-stage paint you would only be sanding the clear coat and the water will only turn milky. I JUST started using the 600 grit method after polishing an almost flat surface to a mirror finish and then having to sand again because it wasnt flat enough in the first place. I originally released a wet sanding tutorial video back in 2013 so this is my updated version covering commonly asked ques.