My 67 is being painted and is almost finished. The guy painting it suggested I have the car wet sanded then polished. Does anyone have an opinion on this process. What exactly is wet sanding and what will happen to the new paint job? Thanks

wet sanding is performed to eliminate any imperfections to the paint, such as runs, sags, dirt, and orange peel. The polishing gives the paint that mirror, or glass like appearance. Many resto shops use this technique to produce that show quality paint job.

[This message has been edited by KURT (edited 04-07-2001).]

If you are looking for that mirror look in your paint then you are wet sanding. If you wnat it to look like a production paint jog then you can skip the wet sanding. I would highly recommend that you wet sand and polish.

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68 RS/SS BB ragtop (http://home.swbell.net/paxtonr/camaro.htm)
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Wet sanding is the process of using water proof sanding paper and lightly sanding any texture or imperfections out. By dunking your sanding block in water or rinsing as you are sanding you are keeping the sand paper from clogging since the grit of the paper is anywhere from 1200-2000 grit. Without water the sand paper would be loaded up in about ten seconds. I hope this helps out.

Almost every car that gets painted should be wetsanded on buffed. I do this for a living and 98% of the cars I paint I wetsand and buff. I use 2000 grit and 3M "perfect it 3" buffing system w/foam pads.
Austin

All pro painters dont ask about this, they do it as part of the job.Very few paint jobs if any, make it out of the paint booth perfect,so if he can do it,get it done. If not have a pro do it. This is not a job for the do it your selfer.

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