i have to wet sand my new door, my hood, and my front bumper, can anyone tell me what grit paper to use? and any other little tips you guys could give me to maybe make it go faster would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks all

Zak

 

fresh paint?

 

need more info...i am not sure what your goal is besides wet sanding....are you trying to color sand for a high gloss shine?

 

Use 2000 grit sand paper. I usually have a big jug of water, and a spray bottle. Also make sure you have a semi-soft block of some kind, you don't want to just hold the paper with your hand because you can create finger marks. As you go you will sort of start to realize how much clearcoat you take of over how much time, be sure to periodically check(wipe down and dry everything off) so that you don't sand through the clear. Wetsanding is quite the chore...good luck

 

whats ur reason for the wet sanding?? orange peel.. nibs.. dirt.. runs.. halos... scraches.. oxidization?? i kinda get rid of this stuff for a living. if i know whats ur problem i could help ya in detail

 

My money is on fresh paint!

Yup just follow EKTwin93's advice go with the 2000 grit wet sandpaper. I personally would do the bucket of water (to clean and transfer water to your sandpaper and semi-softblock) and water spritzer routine. Let the sandpaper do the work and don't add too much pressure. For the larger flat surfaces use a longer block (semi soft) for more of an even sand. Hope you also know about sanding in an X pattern.

A faster way to do all this would be to get a DA (Dual Action) palm sander (wet preferable) and go at it with 1500 to 2000 grit, compound and glaze buff. You would still need to do the buffing after you wet sand.

Now if this was for another application, ah well...

 

oh boy, lot of info...yeah i am wet sanding because the door i bought off ebay is white, and i want to color match it. anything else i should know...didnt know it was this involved.

Zak

 

care to explain the x pattern? =D