There are a few places on my TA that I think could benefit from a wet-sanding. I know to use 2000 grit paper, lots of water, and a gentle touch. Does anyone have any tips before I start this process? Also, are there any problems that I may run into?

 

Use a sanding block on flat surfaces and your hand for contoured parts and work in one small area at a time.

If you go through the clear coat you are gonna have to get it recleared so be careful and if you have had this done more than 3 times i wouldn't recommend doing it again

All info in this post I saw on "trucks" on spike tv

 

People have told me before that it would not be a good idea to wet-sand a cleared car... then I saw the same episode you did and decided those people were full of schitt.

Everything always looks easier on that show, but surely this is not a big deal.

I have never wet-sanded the car before, but I have used cutting polish before... which is actually supposed to cut/sand a little into the clear. Maybe this isn't such a good idea after all.

 

Us a backing pad, basically a sponge, not a blocking pad. Its gonna need to be compounded and polished afterwords.

 

When we sand and polish at my shop, we usually will hit it with some 1500 followed by 2000 with a sponge or foam block(soft). Use lots of water and a little soap cuts down on friction and sandpaper loading. Buff with compoud and follow with glaze, use a high speed buffer. Btw, if you don't have any of this stuff, and have never done it before, take it to a shop and let them handle it.

Also, if you sand through the clear with 2000, you would have to sand in the same spot for quite some time, if you do go through, you can't just reclear it, your breakthrough needs some color and then reclear the panel, you cant just clear over a breakthough like that.

 

i agree with everything said here. i wet sand and wheel cars all day long. it could be dangerous if you have no experiance.

 

Well... I have never wet sanded and I have never used a buffer. I will check on getting it done by a professional. I'm pretty good at stuff like that, but I don't want to take the chance on something as important as a paint job.

Thanks for the replys