How can you tell???

[C-MDX]

You know how when the paint surface feels gridy, you need to clay it right?? True but what if it`s orange peel?? You keep wasting your time claying it and found out that those aren`t containments. How can you tell?? I`m not a pro so I really can`t tell. Does orange peel feels as smooth as glass as well as non orange peel paint??

[6cyl's_of_fury]

Put your hand in a plastic bag and run it gently over your paint, you will feel grittiness. You wont specifically "feel" orange peel, its more a visual thing in the paint and not the clearcoat.

[C-MDX]

Originally posted by 6cyl`s_of_fury

Put your hand in a plastic bag and run it gently over your paint, you will feel grittiness. You wont specifically "feel" orange peel, its more a visual thing in the paint and not the clearcoat.



So orange peel is a visual thing and containments is something that you feel to know that it`s there??

[spetulla]

well you can feel it... it will feel like the surface of an orange, it wont feel 100% smooth as glass (orange peel that is)



however think of things clay takes out as tiny little pieces of sand... thats how it will feel. micro particles.

[shaf]

Unless a finish is so horrible (that it wouldn`t be allowed to leave the factory floor anyway) there`s no way you would mistake orange peel for the type of contamination clay takes off.



This isn`t the best picture I`ve seen of this, but I can`t find the other: click (http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1992orangepeelsm.jpg)