Wet Sanding for Dummies

[inkey$]

Wasting a few minutes over on Detailing World and stumbled across this wet sanding thread. To my untrained and frankly, unsophisticated detailing eye I thought it did a pretty good job of explaining the process via the guys experience training with KDS Keltec. Well worth a read...

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=244507&highlight=coupe

 

[si-forks]

Great read very interesting

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[pvr]

That is a lie, there is no such thing as a few minutes on the detailingworld. 30 minutes is the minimum

 

[inkey$]

That is a lie, there is no such thing as a few minutes on the detailingworld. 30 minutes is the minimum

I discovered that approx 56 minutes later :rofl:

 

[Luke the spark]

Wow I feel a bit pumped now, took about 45 mins but a really interesting and useful thread
Always wanted to do this, just the dull ness after wet sanding made me worry when I shouldn't

His golf Is just mirror finish amazing

 

[inkey$]

Wow I feel a bit pumped now, took about 45 mins but a really interesting and useful thread
Always wanted to do this, just the dull ness after wet sanding made me worry when I shouldn't

His golf Is just mirror finish amazing

Its pretty amazing isnt it. Same as you; uplifted to try but ultimately scared!

 

[Kingash]

I really want a good shine on my zed and want to try this sort of thing just a bit scared to be honest! Wouldn't mind giving it a good going over by hand method first but seems you need a DA machine to get the sand marks out or am i missing something?

 

[inkey$]

No, I think thats correct Kingash. As you though, I think I may try by hand first. Unless it's under inspection light it's never going to be mirror unless tackled properly.

 

[original guvnor]

I'd consider doing this on my old Honda but Honda's have notoriously soft paint and to do it properly you really do need the proper PDG and other gadgets that Kelly had. This was a really interesting piece though, but it definitely wasn't a "how to"!

 

[inkey$]

I'd consider doing this on my old Honda but Honda's have notoriously soft paint and to do it properly you really do need the proper PDG and other gadgets that Kelly had. This was a really interesting piece though, but it definitely wasn't a "how to"!

Agreed and perhaps I oversold the link in my title. Less of a how-to and more of a learn-how-to-via-KDS-Keltec :lol:

 

[original guvnor]

Maybe we should get an old panel from a breakers yard and have a bash ink$!

 

[inkey$]

Maybe we should get an old panel from a breakers yard and have a bash ink$!

Bang up for this - or the SE(3) Shed

 

[Kingash]

No, I think thats correct Kingash. As you though, I think I may try by hand first. Unless it's under inspection light it's never going to be mirror unless tackled properly.

I did see a small thread on here a while back someone done a small correction on their dark grey zed, i think that was by hand but i cant remember exactly as it was quite a while back.

 

[ZeeFore]

Fascinating!

I mistakenly figured a few minutes would be all I'd need too ... no way.
Ended up going through the whole thing veeeeery carefully.

I've wet sanded and polished a few small patches to take care of minor scratches and touch-ups (it went well), but nothing on that scale.

Very informative.