Wetsanding Video

Anthony Orosco · 02-26-07, 04:47

Ron and I did a video of us wetsanding and polishing a black Porsche Boxsters bumper.

Here is the link, if needed I can post up the individual videos here.....I'm just too tired to do so at the moment

Porsche Bumper Wetsanding - Optimum Forum

Thanks,
Anthony

tsxmike · 02-26-07, 05:18

nice job on the porsche. i get nervous thinking about wetsanding a car since i am still pretty new to detailing. but this is a very good tutorial and i will surely take notes. I just want to know, can i use my pc instead of the rotary to buff out the wet sanding scratches?

sixty7mustang22 · 02-26-07, 05:30

I wetsand on cars a lot. There are quite a few thngs that are just easier to fix with a wetsand step. I do like seeing different techniques that people use.

Thanks for the videos.

Anthony Orosco · 02-26-07, 05:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsxmike

nice job on the porsche. i get nervous thinking about wetsanding a car since i am still pretty new to detailing. but this is a very good tutorial and i will surely take notes. I just want to know, can i use my pc instead of the rotary to buff out the wet sanding scratches?

On 4k grit or higher perhaps a PC will work but on 3k grit and lower I don't think it'll do all that well.

Thanks for the compliments....Ron did all the work

Anthony

Pats300zx · 02-26-07, 06:01

Great work Anthony. Thanks for putting them together. I learn more and more with your tutorials..

Deanski · 02-26-07, 06:13

Nice videos,

What's with that water bucket? Couldn't you find one that's was a bit cleaner?

Other than that, nice of you to take the time and effort to post this.

Deanski

Anthony Orosco · 02-26-07, 06:22

Thanks Pat, sixty7 and Deanski

The bucket used by Ron is about as old as he is....fell off the truck and been ran over a few times also

Anthony

Deanski · 02-26-07, 06:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anthony Orosco

The bucket used by Ron is about as old as he is....fell off the truck and been ran over a few times also

Anthony

Man, you got that one right! Damn that was one nasty bucket.

For papers on softer paints such as Porsche, I've found that the Micro-Mesh which goes as fine as 12K is one great option! I did one black Porsche that was full of orange peel from factory which can happen. I'm a bit shocked that Section 7 didn't send it back for wetsanding before release to port. Wish I took shots of it before and after, but didn't have time. Great papers for very fine work.

BTW, have you tried the 3M "Ultrafina" yet? I'm scheduling with another shop with 3M reps to try it and see how it compairs to Menzerna and a few other polishes.

Regards,
Deanski

Dave1 · 02-26-07, 06:59

Excellent vids......

Very informative with step by step lessons....

Thanks for sharing that.......

jdlierle · 02-26-07, 07:04

Thanks Ron and especially Anthony for your videos and your knowledge (put on video)

It's one thing to read, but to actually see it helps out a lot.

Funny thing, I just bought some sanding paper and this has given me a lot better idea of what I want to try to accomplish. But I have some extra hoods to practice on before I try this for real.

Since I got your ear, on my personal car, my front spoiler which is white, has been ground in the front and has rubber grounded into it. I can not for the life of me been able to get it off. I have tried polish, clay, rubbing compoound, wd-40, tarminator, etc, etc and nothing budges it. I haven't put a rotary and pad on it, because I don't think it would work and I don't want to ruin a pad.

It doesn't really detract from the car, but I know it is there. I was thinking maybe using wet sanding paper, do you have any ideas. I am sure other cars out there drag and get rubber on the front spoiler, this car is not even low to the ground. (Even thinking of carb cleaner

but I

)

Thanks for any help and keep up the great videos. (why not produce a full video and sell it for a profit, I'm sure there is a market for your skills!!!!)

Doug

Anthony Orosco · 02-26-07, 07:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdlierle

Thanks Ron and especially Anthony for your videos and your knowledge (put on video)

It's one thing to read, but to actually see it helps out a lot.

Funny thing, I just bought some sanding paper and this has given me a lot better idea of what I want to try to accomplish. But I have some extra hoods to practice on before I try this for real.

Since I got your ear, on my personal car, my front spoiler which is white, has been ground in the front and has rubber grounded into it. I can not for the life of me been able to get it off. I have tried polish, clay, rubbing compoound, wd-40, tarminator, etc, etc and nothing budges it. I haven't put a rotary and pad on it, because I don't think it would work and I don't want to ruin a pad.

It doesn't really detract from the car, but I know it is there. I was thinking maybe using wet sanding paper, do you have any ideas. I am sure other cars out there drag and get rubber on the front spoiler, this car is not even low to the ground. (Even thinking of carb cleaner

but I

)

Thanks for any help and keep up the great videos. (why not produce a full video and sell it for a profit, I'm sure there is a market for your skills!!!!)

Doug

Hey thanks to everyone for watching and the enthusiastic words

Doug, post up a picture or two of the damage and we can go from there.

Anthony

Deanski · 02-26-07, 07:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdlierle

Since I got your ear, on my personal car, my front spoiler which is white, has been ground in the front and has rubber grounded into it. I can not for the life of me been able to get it off. I have tried polish, clay, rubbing compoound, wd-40, tarminator, etc, etc and nothing budges it. I haven't put a rotary and pad on it, because I don't think it would work and I don't want to ruin a pad.

It doesn't really detract from the car, but I know it is there. I was thinking maybe using wet sanding paper, do you have any ideas. I am sure other cars out there drag and get rubber on the front spoiler, this car is not even low to the ground. (Even thinking of carb cleaner

but I

)
Doug

You are not going to get this off of a lower spoiler unless you sand it and repaint if you've ground it down by hitting the pavement.

I have the same problem (C2S with Aero) and found out that the lower lip (spoiler) is replaceable and that the GT3 one fits just fine. And these are a matte black so it looks fine anyway.

Now, for most spoilers that have all kinds of damage and debris on them and have tried everything from clay to 000 steel wool to remove rubber or other road debris find that the best way is to just have it sanded and painted. Next, once cured, I'd suggest clear paint film next time so you don't have to worry about it as much.

You've tried the most logical ways, now it's time to just have it re-shot.

Regards,
Deanski