Dick
Make sure you have enough paint on the car.
It will most likely need to be wet sanded.
1200 or 1500 wet sandpaper to start with depending on how much dust.
Follow with 2000 grit. Use a rubber squeege to see if the paint is
*flat* when you scrape the muck off the car.
If it's not flat, it won't buff up nice.
Watch the sharp edges as you can sand or buff thru them real easy.
Seams on the rear, door edges and trunk edges.
Do not use a hand appied rubbing compound, they make a machine buffing
compound just for new paint. It has no petroleum distilates in it like
rubbing compound. 3M makes 3 grades, If you are happy with the flatness
after 2000 grit wet sanding, use Finesse, it's the least coarse.
After it's buffed up, use a swirl mark remover, it comes in 2 kinds,
light cars or dark cars. Use a small amount of this with the buffer and
you will be amazed!
Wait a few weeks for wax as the thinners will be escaping from the
paint. If a car show comes up, you can always swirl mark remove it one
more time before wax.
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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