New car - a bit of OP came with it

[Mtt83]

Now that I know what the defect is called, I know that my brand new car has some OP on the factory paint job. I`ve never done anything to the exterior of my previous vehicles besides washing and an occasional wax, but I`ll be trying to gain experience in actually taking care of my new car. Before I wash, clay, and apply the klasse twins, is there anything that I, as a detailing newbie and without a PC, would be able to do to get rid of the OP or at least reduce some of it?

[Alfisti]

OP? Optimum Polish? :nixweiss

[Setec Astronomy]

The consensus is that nothing short of wetsanding will remove that orange peel...which isn`t really a viable option for a new car. You have to live with it--it`s the result of low VOC paints.

[White95Max]

OP? Optimum Polish? :nixweiss

orange peel

[Tasty]

Yep, to be expected to some degree in today`s paint jobs on most cars.

[Mtt83]

That stinks. Guess I`ll never be able to truly have a mirror-like shine on my car.

[Tasty]

You can still make your car look better than 99% of what you see on the roads though, as evidinced by these forums.