First a little background,
My wife drives a black 2002 convertible mustang and it is relatively swirl free and kept in the garage when she is not out driving around.
Well we were doing a little spring cleaning, getting rid of some furniture and what not and it was all accumulating in the garage, around the mustang.
I have an old MR2 hood I obtained form a junk yard so I can practice my rotary skills (once I obtain one, still waiting!) and it was leaning against an old desk. (Can you see where I am going yet?)
My two German Shepards got out of the house, into the garage, bumped the hood and it fell over, crashing right into the driver’s side door .
After all the yelling and screaming was over and the dogs were back inside I take a closer look at the damage.



Well I just happened to have the Lankga's Complete Wet Sand 2000 Kit. I have never used this before nor have I ever tried to wet sand anything. Needless to say, I was very nervous
but I decide that I would give it a try anyways.

I Cleaned the area with distilled vinegar (not sure where I heard this tip before but I remember someone saying it helped clean of any wax that was present) then proceeded to follow the directions in the kit (Directions Can be Found Here)

to be continued....



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So here are some pictures of the results right after wet sanding. I only went over the area, in one direction, using light very light stroke, maybe 5 or 6 strokes. I was too nervous to go anymore than that:




And here are some pictures after I used the stuff included with the kit:


to be continued...

 

I probably could have hit it a few more times with the LANGKA stuff but decide to try ScratchX, here are the results:

I then followed with DACP.


I apologize for picture quality but I don't have the best lighting in my garage.

While it is not perfect, it is a lot less noticable. In fact, most people can't even tell it was scratched until I point out the few marks left. I plan on trying to improve it even more once I get a full day to work on it. I think the total time I spent on this, including a pre-wash, was about 45 minutes.
Let me know what y'all think and any pointer you might have for future reference.

Thanks,

Gary

 

awesome! Keep us updated on your progress with it.

- Chris

 

Looks like you made pretty good progress.

 

Looks good. Nice job for your first time.

2000 grit paper doesn't remove that much so you probably could have hit it a little more. I did a good bit of sanding on an 03 F-150 and compounded/polished it out. I'll be keeping an eye out to see how it holds up but I think it'll be fine. I did a good bit of wetsanding on my old 150 and the paint was doing great on it.

 

Very nicely done....wanta stop by I've some work for ya.

 

nice job

 

where did you get the wet sand kit

 

One place you can get it on-line is Premium Auto Care (PAC)

 

Man good job on that!

 

Nice work man!