Celestial-Fc

Ok so my car got a brand new paint job but it has little tiny spots everywhere on it. I'm thinking it's a Macco paint job sooo how can I get rid of it an make it smooth?!?! Help.

RotaryRocket88

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If you have no experience with automotive painting, I'd suggest taking it to a shop. Finding a good one can be tough, but they may be able to wet-sand the spots out, then buff it with a polish. It really depends on if the spots are in the clear coat or if they're deeper. If it's a Maaco job, it may not even have a clear coat.

cab91089

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The paint has dirt in it from whoever painted it but if you have experience or want to try it yourself get a really fine grit sandpaper, like 800 or 1000, it will say wet-or-dry. With a sanding block sand it until the spots are gone, if the primer is showing paint over it with matching paint and if its down to bare metal (you should be using about 320 grit by the time the clear coat is gone if there is any) primer, wet sand, primer sealer, wet sand, paint, and if theres clear coat wet sand again. Make sure you paint in a dirt free area or you'll end up with spots in the paint again, it helps to get the floor a little wet to stop dirt from being kicked up in the air. Thats from my knowledge but I'm sure other people will pick apart what I said and make it more refined.

Aaron Cake

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Depends what the spots are, really.

If they are just blemishes in the clear, then often then can be scrapped flat with a curved razor blade or nib file.

But if they are imperfections under the clear or paint, then there really is no choice but to spot the area.

If there is no clear, then a nib file and very fine sandpaper followed by a polish might help. By fine, I mean 1000 grit wet, then 1500, then polish.

Easy way to find out if there is a clear is to sand an unseen spot. If white dust appears, then it is cleared.

nevertolow

^1000 grit wet sand 1500 grit wet sand then polish like they said. we used to call them fisheyes at the shop i worked at. you can also get "fish eyes" from dryed over spray. if you go in the booth and they dont have a fan pulling the excess paint from the air. the floating paint drys then falls in your pretty new paint job. so always look for a fan thats pulling the flying paint out from the booth. if theres not one then.... its alot more unnecessary sanding that needs to be done. just hope its specs of dirt that hit your clear. after it was sprayed.

1g88russ

I used to be a painter for years,if its in the clear coat use 1500 to 2000 wet flat paper in warm soapy water and colour sand it out,then use g3 cutting paste with a wet polishing mop to bring back the shine.if its been painted less than a month leave it 2 weeks and then with a mop wax the car,if its under the clear its down to bad extraction or not washing or tacking the car very well before the colour was put on.

Phil Jacques

russ, might want to add that you don't want the water to be TOO soapy. a couple drops in a spray bottle usually does the trick.

Personal preference, when I am wet sanding, I use 2 drops of Dawn dish soap in a clean spray bottle filled with purified (filtered) water. Where I am, there can be some dirt that comes up through the faucet outside and that is definitely not something you want to be rubbing into your paint with the sand paper.

1g88russ

The soap cleans the dirt out of the wet and dry paper better than just water and it also depends on the orange peel finish of the clear coat if its been put on by a cheep spray gun you don't need masses of water but its better if its warm soapy water because it cut the microns of paint better.on a car painted in a factory you normally get around 35 microns of paint