Sorry about that Mountaineer -- I was tinkering with the thread and had a fat finger moment and deleted it...

Anyway, 2000 grit can be had at most paint and body shop supply houses. Additionally, you'll probably find it at places like Pep Boys and such as it is a VERY common item.

I caution you though... you're SCUFFING THE PAINT with the sandpaper and may need the aid of a rotary or other power tool to remove these scuffs that you're going to introduce. It's not as simple as 'sanding down' your 'blob' and making it look perfect.

I'd REALLY recommend that you learn about using this product before jumping in head first (by the way, it's the shallow end). I've been doing this several years and still don't have a masterful grasp of sandpaper useage. I mean, I've done it, and can do it... and it turned out pretty good but, I'm also not going to sit here and lie and say that I'm proficient.

To make sure you don't miss the learning curve, buy a junker hood that has some paint. Have at it.

RP

 

Thanks for the info RP!

My bosses daughter was in an accident with her car the other week that needed her hood of her car replaced, and it just so happends that dented hood is just laying around in our shop now, so I might stop there tomorrow and ask if I can borrow the hood for testing the grit sand paper on before I even dare to do it on my Black. Right now the color of that hood is dark blue, so I'll get an idea on how bad this might turn out if any.

I'll test it out, but It looks like I'm finding all the information that I needed to know, so Thank you!

 

RP (or anyone with information),

I didnt think I should start a new thread...this is close enough.

I've got some scuffs and paint marks on my mother's car that I was going to try and remove. I used Scratch-X and my DA but didnt get to far.

Are there other options to try prior to the wet sanding bit?

I've got that Mequiar's video and it didnt look to hard but I'm sure it is trickery than it looks.

THanks for any ideas in advance.

 

Wet sanding isn't a super-simplistic thing to manage and thus, nothing that I'm going to recommend on an internet message board... you can induce some SERIOUS problems with sandpaper and a painted finish and thus, should only be done by professionals...

As for other routes, I'd try something other than Scratch-X. From my experience with it on a PC, it gums up really bad and doesn't really work well mechanically... by hand, it's not too shabby.

Without seeing your issues, again, I'm hesitant to recommend anything specifically... can you post some pics?

RP

 

yea I'll take some.


I misled with my post. The S-X was done by hand, I used my DA with other cleaners, etc.

To give you an idea it is on the lower portion of the front bumper and is white marks and skuff like paint. There are scratches on the side from plastic trash cans being drug along side. (I just shook my head when I saw that one)

I'll try to get pics later I was just curious if you had any advice.

thx

 

There's always multiples of ways to attack a problem but, if it's bad enough, no amount of polish will remove it totally. In short, what I'm trying to tell you is to not expect a miracle because, depending on the severity, you may or may not get it.

RP

 

some "professionals" shouldn't even wet sand... I had a my driverside door painted, and they wet sanded the overspray, they tore up the paint, and now will need to repaint, clearcoat, and polish it over again! (at least i'm not paying for it) WET SANDING IS NOT EASY, NO MATTER WHAT THE VIDEO/TV SHOW STATES.

 

I agree 200%. There's definitely an art to doing it...

RP

 

I do have to Thank RP for telling me to experiment on a junker car before I tried to do a spot on my suv I have that is in black.

I took home a dark blue hood that was pretty much dented to hell from our shop, but there was about 1 foot by 1 foot section that was pretty flat yet and paint was in good shape so that spot was my experiment spot.

all I can say is I am so glad I tested on a junker hood, because mine would be in a body shop right now getting re-painted. Lets just say wet sanding is not my thing.

 

Heh... It took a freakin week to get the scratches out left behind from 600 grit on the old mustang.