So im painting some spots on my winter beater today.. Never painted a car in my life before but ya gotta start somewhere right??

So I painted some spots on the drivers door and it looked bad so I took some Gasoline and rubbed it off..

I had some gas on the towel and rubbed it on my hood..

WTF??

Were I wiped looked so much cleaner and it removed all the spider cracks???

So I did the whole hood. Basically waxed the hood with gas

Man the hood looks good,
the gas remove the swirls and spidermarks

Also made the color stand out more..

Should I try this on my Trans Am instead of Zaino??

AHHA j/k

 

Grrrrr....I was getting all excited about waxing the G with gas this weekend until you popped on me! Man.....now I've got to go back to using regular ole paint stripper and a SOS pad...... Thanks a lot!

Oh yeah, I hear Home Depot has some kind of acid used to clean floors or whatever that supposedly works great too, so I'm gonna head out tonight looking for that.












Mike

 

But seriously Mike it did improve my paint!!

It took away swirls and made my car look like red instead of pink..

And you would believe how smooth it was.. Felt like I just waxed the car..

But it smelt like gas

 

Hehe, interesting! Did you notice any paint coming off after you rubbed the gas off? I'm just guessing that it may have removed some dead paint or oxidation, but honestly I don't know LoL. If it changed your paint color I'm thinking it must have removed some of it as well....just a thought.

Mike

 

Ohh for sure it removed some of the paint. My cloth was red when I was done

Just for fun I re-did my whole car with 3 cans of clear coat. It looks great but you can see the lines I applied the paint??

How do I remove these lines..

I heard I need to Wet Sand it? How do you wetsand a car??

 

nah, just take a hammer to the whole car to bring out that shine.
and do the glass while you're at it!

then rub on a nice coat of gas and light 'er up! y
then check in to the nearest hospital j/k

 

Wet sanding is one of the things I really need to improve on, but I never have much opportunities. The times that I have tried it, the results were so-so at best. But, that's probably partly because I was trying to restore the car by hand after doing the sanding, which is very difficult if not almost impossible. You at the least need a good powerful buffer or rotary to bring the finish back up to par. If you don't have a buffer, I'd recommend you not sand it yet. But, on a beater, it can be a great way to learn without too much risk. The basic things you'll need to wet sand are: 1500 or 2000 grit paper, with a sanding block, car wash or dish soap (for lube), rubbing compound (anywhere from a fine to heavy compound depending on the severity of the sanding marks and grit paper), swirl remover, a buffer is highly recommended , preferably a rotary to apply the compound and SMR, and a lot of patience! This is a technique I've yet to master, but I have seen results from others that are amazing. It takes practice and more practice to perfect this technique. It's finding something to practice on that's the hard part for me.

I hear Meguiar's makes a good wet sanding paper and I'd like to try it sometime, but I mostly used 3M Wet in the past. One thing to remember about the sanding process is to let the paper do the work and your hand be the guide. Even with a light grit, like 1500 or 2000, it's all to easy to gouge one stroke and completely remove all paint down to bare plastic or metal. Use light and even pressure! If you don't watch your pressure closely, you'll for sure end up making things worse.

Here's an article that explains things in more detail than I could provide in a post.
http://www.goodspeedmotoring.com/?page=color_sanding

HTH!

Mike

 

Thanks for the info..

Im gonna give it a shot!