How to Buff and Polish - Remove ORANGE PEEL from a Rattle Can Guitar Refinish 

that was a pretty serious orange peel... it looked just like the black racebike I painted once! well done with the polishing, it is labour that requires patience

A massive thank you goes to you for your honesty and showing what happens when you use too much water when wet sanding or not being careful enough you helped me stop destroying my first guitar build and probably a lot more like me with there first build Cheers 🥂 for that bud 👍🥇

I cannot thank you enough. Thanks to your genrously assistive guidance in no small part, I was able to do a very nice job on my Strat.I was somewhat horrified when the dull happened, but shure enough, with a nice buff of compound, it came back almost like magic! Finished with a wax buff and it is so so good, although the primer/ undercaot was already laid down professionally. Cheers mate from Texas USA!

Beautiful work man, even more impressive now that I see you did it all by hand!

That's insane how good of a detail job you did 😩

End May 2022. I like your video because I do everything by hand as well. The ONLY electric sanding that is safe to do is at preliminary stage when removing original finish. It's good for the crude/rough work just prior to primer coat. And the WORST thing to do is use a sanding block at ANY time after the primer has been sprayed on. Those wood bodies have contours that we can't detect by eye. But a sanding block sure as H will locate them. Finger sanding follows those mild contours. I have guitars that I clearcoated and SKIPPED the orange peel removal steps. I just car polished them with orange peel LEFT ON and they look terrific. The orange peel is UNIFORM. It is NOT unsightly. It truly is NOT necessary to sand out the orange peel.

I've been looking for this for a long time. Thanks for the detailed information.

That's EXACTLY the content i needed, thx so much!

Can’t go wrong with a bit of T-cut 👌

Great video. I think I've worked out my problem..... I'm not leaving it long enough to cure and I'm not sanding enough before polishing

hell yeah thanks for the video

Looks great, mate!

Did you spray clear coat on top of the colour before the sanding or did you do that after the process? Or just leave it after the buffing/ polish? Thanks great video mate

Thanks for your in depth video series! It's super informative and gives me horrible ideas for what to do with some of my instruments. I was wondering if there is a different technique for finishing guitars with two (colour) layers of nitro? Say, have the black wear through to something like Fiesta Red or Shell Pink. Would the layers just melt together? It's not absolutely necessary but I'm still curious, haha. Thanks again!

Looks well good! 👍

Thanks for the Great Video! did you use paint and clear coats while ignoring the orange peel and after building the coats you sanded the orange peel? or did you recommend sanding the orange peel between coats?

I’ve seen guys use baby oil to wet sand. So if it does seep into holes it doesn’t split the finish

Should I sand the paint before applying clear coat if I have Orange peel in the painted coats?

Great Video!!! Was the orange peel already in the color coat or did it only appear after applying the clear coat? My guitar looks basically the same as yours before the treatment but the orange peel / structure was already in the color coat… I already applied 2 coats of clear coz I had a hard time deciding if I should sand the color coat or not. So I just continued and your video gives me hope that it will look good when I do sand and polish only on the clear

dont vote tory yes laaa

Question on the t cut. Can you tru oil over it to lock in the shine and color? Thank you great video

hi mate sick video, just wondering if the red t cut will be fine for a fiesta red finish? as in will it affect the shade at all? cheers

Did you put a clear coat acrylic finish on before the buffing or was it just a paint finish?

using vaseline to plug up the screw holes works well but Im not sure about the tuner holes

I think black is one of most difficult to get glossy without cloudy or hazy. Btw what wax do you use?

With regards to your spray jobs is it just base coat or clear lacquer as well? Ryan

Great video, just have one question though How long should I wait before I sand it after repainting?

What kind of water solution did you use to soak the sand paper?

I can't see the name of the black polisher and where do we buy it ?

Are you sanding the paint or the clear coat

Do you need to sand the color coat before you apply clear coat?

cool cat !

Long winded and dull