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Old 07-18-08, 10:31   #9 (permalink)
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Re: Orange peel?

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Originally Posted by Xcessiv View Post
No, that's exactly the same lamp and the same pic. It's a double-500w lamp.
Then your reflections are a lot crisper, so you have improved the finish.

You want to sand instead of compound because you only want to take off the peaks of the orange peel down level to the valleys. You can do that fairly precisely by wet-sanding with a block. A pad will tend to take off material in both the peaks and valleys so it is almost impossible to remove OP 100% w/o sanding, plus you're removing more clear than needed.
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