Wetsanding Question: Is it necessary to polish after wetsanding?

[jhstuckey]

My bodyshop is going to wetsand my paint-- Will it be necessary to polish after they have done this?

EDIT: Will wetsanding remove surface contaminates? So would it be necessary to clay after the wetsanding?


Thanks,

JS

[magicman411]

If they do it properly you will have nothing to do but wax it. Assuming they have glazed over the compounding swirls. And of course providing it is not fresh paint they are sanding. I am assuming that they are sanding scatches out of your existing paint job.

[jaybs02]

JS it would be wise to clay the car after they resprayed it, this way any overspray that may have accidentally landed on your paint can be removed. I would hope that the bodyshop will polish out the area after wet sanding to remove any wet sanding marks.

"J"

[jhstuckey]

Yes, they painted it and are having me back in 45 days( Paint must cure?). The owner is a real nice guy & has said that I may come back and he will show me some techniques w/ my 7424--

I`m not sure what they did to it while it was there, other than the repainted area-- I imagine they wetsanded then polished--

[Miami_Sunset]

of course you need to Polish after wet sand. I have yet to find a perfect wet sand technique that requires no Polishing. My friend got ripped because they told him that the Polish will remove the imperfections/Orange peel. I was like WTF> I had to tell him to Wet sand & then Polish after your paint is cured.

[CharlesW]

My bodyshop is going to wetsand my paint-- Will it be necessary to polish after they have done this?

Yes, it will need to be polished after the wetsanding. The real question is whether your body shop will do it for you or if you have to do it.
It seems unlikely that the bodyshop would consider the car finished until they have polished out the wetsanding marks.

Charles

[magicman411]

Yes, agree with all. And don`t wax it. I was assuming that you only had scratches sanded out. One thing I didn`t think of that jaybs pointed out. ANYTIME you have your car parked anywhere near a bodyshop, let alone at one, you are gonna have overspray someplace on it. Everywhere but the spot they painted.

[C. Charles Hahn]

If they do it properly you will have nothing to do but wax it. Assuming they have glazed over the compounding swirls. And of course providing it is not fresh paint they are sanding. I am assuming that they are sanding scatches out of your existing paint job.

WHAT?!?! Glaze over the swirls.... please tell me you didn`t just say that.

I think you will find that most if not all of us here are from the school that defects should be REMOVED, not hidden. If they`re only glazed over, they`ll come back eventually, which is the LAST thing you want to happen. :boxing:

[GregCavi]

Shockingly many places do that. They will do a compound and then a machine glaze, so it will remove some compound haze, swirls, but its really just doing a good amount of hiding. I have seen some amazingly horrendous paintjobs around my town from places that were really supposed to do great work, Im guessing it looked good after the glaze but we all know that doesnt last long.

Greg

[C. Charles Hahn]

Shockingly many places do that. They will do a compound and then a machine glaze, so it will remove some compound haze, swirls, but its really just doing a good amount of hiding. I have seen some amazingly horrendous paintjobs around my town from places that were really supposed to do great work, Im guessing it looked good after the glaze but we all know that doesnt last long.

Greg

Wow... I guess I just have limited experience with a variety of body shops.... most of what I`ve ever dealt with on my own, and even my customers` cars have come out of the same 2 or 3 shops in town, all of which actually finish the job the RIGHT way.

The fact that places aren`t truly completing the job just makes it even more ridiculous that they charge so much!

[Brenton]

Body shops hate polishing, and most of them should subcontract to a detailer. Paint the panel, clean it up, ship it down the street, bring it back and give it to the customer.