How To wet sand and buff your car 

Keep trying dont give up. We all did bad and got better as time passed. For all of you'll talking shit should be ashamed of yourself. This man took the time to show us what he know. He never said he was the best or was a professional. Semper Fi

I've got 20yrs painting.. I'm not gonna crack on you, I hope you are stilling trying. If not, keep trying! Nobody was great at anything at first! I've also seen far worse! Sand in a more uniform direction, we call it the X pattern.. 2x2 section til the whole surface is as you want.. next use that 3000 like your life depends on it.. cause if you short this step.. those scratches are gonna be hell on older paints. Oh and wrap the sandpaper around the block.. it wont come lose so much and skip the soap.. Just water! Soap leaves a residue! Use a wool pad to remove the scratches from sanding and a heavy to medium cut compound. Put 5-6 dime size drops on an 8" pad and work it into the area, before you pull the trigger.. it wont sling as much.. Work a 2x2ft section til you don't see any scratches, but not one area for too long. Especially hoods, you'll warp them! Buff at a 1-3 setting.. not dragging ass slow, but not too fast either, let the compound and friction and uniformity in your strokes do the work. Take your time, or you'll burn through the clear or single stage. Then use a green foam or orange pad and med/fine polishing compound and buff every section 2ftx2ft start slow and build up speed, end at a high speed (4-5 setting) per section. Once done it should look like a mirror! With no halos or sheen..just gloss and a pretty shine.. now go wax it! You're done! Much respect for your effort and sharing.. Never give up, refining your work! The proof will be in your results!

You should sand it with p3000 to, after p2000 to get a fine surface without holograms after you polish.

When your first learning , find a friend who really could care less how there car looks, probably already funky looking, get it over to your house buy a case of beer and go at it, It takes alot of practice and alot of old beaters to practice on, but if you finally learn to kinda do it correct, then your on your way to buff out heaven. It really is a art, but like anything the more you practice the better you get, and another craft that you know. And hey you burn 1,000s of calories per panel, you can lose 20 Lbs per car, Don't be afraid to try !. And if you screw it up to bad, then you can learn how to sand and shoot color, alot more fun then buffing. You don't have to go for the Gold, hey if you end up with the copper your a winner, you will get the gold,just keep on spinning that buffer. Watch every video you can find, and there is alot of them, then go do it. Don't just go buying different pads you need 1 Aggressive wool pad 6 inch / 1 Aggressive wool pad 3 inch 1 Foam polisher pad 6 inch / 1 foam polisher pad 3 inch 1 Foam wax pad 6 inch / 1 foam wax pad 3 inch A dewalt Buffer the large one (comes with 6 inch hook and loop pad) Buy the 3 inch adapter pad from Eastwood (cheap) that is the adapter pad, the buffer is not cheap approx 265.00 , I have used mine on 100s of cars, countless hours and its still like new, but I do take care of it, along with all of my tools, I don't mine putting out the money once, but that's it. Clean you pads and put them into plastic bags. Get used to a set of compounds, what ever you choose, stick with them, I use 3m, but there are alot of good sets out there, they are all about the same really. You could be trained to do this decently in 2 days . 12 hours each day. Will you be able to do show cars, Not at all, but with alot of practice under your belt, Yes you could. Its just seeing, feeling ,and memory. But you cant get there just by watching videos, you gotta get that buffer spinning.

First off. Never hold a buffer on its edge, always keep it flat and that's not an orbital it's a high speed polisher. Holy hologram stripes batman. I wouldn't follow these instructions unless you want to ruin your paint.

Paint it with house of colour clear. That polishs so easy After Buffing :)

Thx Paul! My navy blue Buick had a peeling clear coat and this took care of it. Gracias!

Dig a hole🤣💯Great Video👍

Sorry, but you're doing a ton of things the wrong way.👎👎👎👎👎 18 yrs. of detailing experience along with multiple competition victory's. You sir are misleading people and instructing to use the wrong process & stages.👎

How not to wet sand and polish your car.

should have compound it with yellow pad then used his Polish with green pad then waxed it using white or black pad

why are holding it like that usually you wrap it around the block LOL

Ok I'm not scared anymore. I'm ready,Thanks

Body work, be it wet sanding or metal work, is an unknown frontier for me. Love your videos, hope someday I get the nerve to try on my dually

Those holograms tho.....

ears at intro = fucking destroyed

Thank you for the video. 🤙🏽

The nose of my hood looks like the clear coat came off due to frequent car washes. I have tried to compound it and re-wax it but nothing works. Is there a procedure for fixing it so the shine comes back?

Watch the end the holograms and spiderwebs are insane. Its because you went from 1500 - 3000 and didnt wipe it off then used a shit polishing pad.

I liked the fact you used your 3000 sand paper in your hands. I used 2500 yesterday, I could hear and feel the sanding taking effect. now with your help I'm ready to use the 3000, before buffing. this is my DYI project, one is black matilic, our old car. My wife had a boo boo with the new matilic blue, on the left qt. panel. saving that for last after I complete the black. thanks so much for your time and teaching.

Please don't polish in the sunlight and use better products.

Thanks Paul. For all the critics, please place the link to your video, so we can watch them as well. Don't rag on videos when you don't have one of your own. Please spread your knowledge and experience instead of repeating information you stole from a different video you critiqued in the past.

anyone know if wetsanding a 2002 chevy express van will remove paint from it's surface? (not just road paint or over spray paint but looks like model paint or the kind on 18 wheelers with actual brush strokes) I have tried denatured alcohol, goof off and paint thinner with no results. I then tried a gel that melted my actual paint off down to bare metal. you know these bands the paint chips on them so I'm not looking for a perfect finish however, the only thing I could see left to do is to wet sand it then polish it back out with the least amount of damage to the paint job any information would help thanks guys.

good job man your a diy guy like me thanks for the tips on sanding and buffing I'm on those final stages with a bumper I'm doing

Thank you for the tutorial on wet sanding. I'm new the body work scene. Actually, restore old Wheel Horse brand of garden tractors. I have a few questions about that hobby if you are able to grant me a few minutes of your time. Thanks again for the very informative tutorial. Chaplain Manny

This was mighty help. Thank you from Oregon

Thank you and God bless you and your family.

600 sand paper?! Bruh that's how you destroy your clear coat, this isn't bondo

How are u going to give advice on buffing when u don't even realize you're using a rotary buffer?

great vid and great job ,thanks

those are some smooth scratches ha

You want to go a lot slower than this guy did you can tell that hood is still hazy as fuck

Paleto haciendo un tutorial de todo lo que no se debe hacer al pulir y abrillantar un coche. Supongo que para el campo está de lujo. Ver al tipo cómo le daba con la rotativa, me ha puesto los pelos de punta

So after you buffed it with Compund …. did it have a kinda non consistant sorta light dark apperence just slightly? and then ywhen you polished it it gave it the wet look? Been buffing mine for 3 days & cant get it to look SOLID. hoping when I add Polish it will give it s more solid look.

Hello, my landlord paint his van near my car and now I have specs of white paint on a blue finish. Do you have any tips to fix this?

All that burnt paint on the pad 🤦🏽‍♂️

If you knew what this you should not ever use a high-speed polisher you can burn the paint specially dark colored cars it's easier to burn the paint you should do it by hand on Orbiter there much safer.

And most cars you should start in the 1000 to 1500 range for wet dry sandpaper. Never go less than that.

Even Stevie wonder can see those swirls

You did a great job! Supplies was spared at no expense and you demonstrated a lot of patience with your demo. Do you own a body shop? Can you paint also? I need like a 5000.00 dollar candy paint job on my Escalade and I need you to do this for me. Hit me up asap, thanks 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲

Start with 1500, then 2000 then 3000. I would never go less than 1500 for wetsanding, your just asking for trouble.

Hey man, for a beginner, not a bad job at all! Had you invested in a wool pad and a nicer finishing pad, I'm sure you'd have got the finish even better. Even still, you did everything more or less correct. Didn't watch the video completely through, but if you used that 600 grit be very careful, its quite easy to burn through with that low of a grit. That's a lower grit than some bodyshops use to paint the car! Personally I'd never drop below 1500 and finish with 3000. Any scratches requiring more than that are probably too far gone to be saved. Keep it up!

What speed did you use for the machine? Also do you have any videos on how to repair plastic bumper light or deep scratches?

That was a really bad job that you did

wax on wax off

Thank you for this post. It saved me a lot of money.

how to sand and spray your own vehicle

great vid bro

I love watching RU-vid to learn how to do something new all the time you have to read the comments you got to read a lot of them watch different videos and put them all together eventually you'll get good at it before you even try you should put a number hours of what I just said and eventually you'll figure it out and take the best information and then you go I have a 20 year old car and that's just what I'm doing I'm trying to learn on this one before I get rid of it and then I'll get better at it

hi steve winchester4years ago i had a guy paint my 72 novalooks like hepainted in a dust storm has some preetty good size dirt aticking out of paint is there any way to fi x this dirt problem then buff and polish thanks for any help can give me thanks steve

well done my friend we are half the world apart but you've given me the courage to try it for myself, Thanks I appreciate the time & effort you put in to this to share your skills. I wish you all the best. Thank you.

I really appreciate how you show technique for high points and edges. Most professionals have videos and they skip right over this part.

How much will you charge to wet sand and buff 2002 PT cruiser Sandra

Good tips will definitely help me with my Van project... Did you wipe the hoop down then? and if so with what? Thanks!

How dirty is that pad???

1st of all why did u use a finishing pad for obvious compounding which should have used a foam cutting pad or im old school i still use #1 pad woolpad by shliegal. only bad boys stillget dwn this way. all in all. does not seem like u actually have expirience. sorry man. igot 27yrs doing this and still getn PAID!

600?? Nah 1000 is better

Thanks Paul - I haven't done this in a while, the video was a great refresher!

Great video sir jst want to know its jst base coat on that or you finish with clear coat then you are start doing this video>

Those swirl marks.... 😳

Damn nobody here is doing this right I’m about to start making videos ..on doing this right..

If you have any peel do you wet sand before clear coat or after clear coats on

I am not a paint expert but will wet sanding work on powder coat finishes??

Awesome job! I have just put my 1st coat of paint on today and tom i'll apply the 2nd coat. Should I let the paint totally cure before I start wet sanding? Then once you are done wet sanding & polishing then you clear coat?? Thanks for your help

How do u know when to swich sandpaper like going from 600 to 800 to 1000 ect

Stickwith your real job.

Great video, I was looking for this particular video since I want to wax and buff my 2004 Camry, the old owner has painted it but never buff it or wax it, still lots of specs around areas of paint they feel rough and not that shiny, what I exactly want is to remove the roughness and get it glossy, slick and shiny. Shall I start first with the 2000 paper and then 3000? and what was the name of the wax you used? was it fencid??

Thanks for your response second hand prod. But if u read my post I state I did exactly what was shown...Soaked the paper and had a squirt bottle yes with soap

Wesley in my opinion is a very good compound polish too...

wise man told long time ago: lubrication is the key!!

Great video! Thanks

Hey PaulI own a "94 Ford F350 dually Crew Cab & the rear dually fenders are fiberglass. They're pretty beat up, scratches , pieces missing, etc.Do you have a video for something like that?

Good vid but that's not an orbital sander, it a grinder polisher

How do I know if I should wet sand or clay bar?

Paul , that was good . Is it best to start off with a 2000 grid wet and dry sand paper or it doesn't matter on any color?

Great Job Sir. !!!! TY,,,,😎✌✝💕💪

Nice video. How long should I wait before I can begin to wet sand and polish a fresh paint job?

i am really worried about sanding the paint off

Whats the purpose of sanding?

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you need to go with 5000 I believe, tried a small area rubbed lightly with 2000 and my black car now has a huge gray spot, totally removed the paint

I thought that buffer would take off all those swirl marks at the end you can see them with the sun

No no no. Missed many steps. Results show it too.

PLEASE REPLY. What do I do if I don't have the orbital polisher? Any alternatives?

Hello paul 1999 Van I bought the other day and it was a business vehicle with the original paint . And it had some labeling on it. I stated with cutting compound in some of the area witch pretty good but is still visible, the labeling has harden quite a bit, Should i just wet sand the areas until the label is sanded all down then polish ? thank you in advanced

What kind of soap do you use?

God this is not at all how you do it my eyes hurt now i grew up in a detailing shop im 16 now and its the only thing ive ever done and been good at

Thanks for the great video. I used this to wet sand my 1998 BMW and it worked great. The piece I was missing always was continually washing away the coat

thanks for the vid, btw, love the sound of the train !!

Do you clearcoat after you polish

would this work to get out baked on water spots in paint

Very good effort in showing the basic steps on how to get the job done!! This video is very informative. Thanks Paul!!

Wow,,, excellent video,, Thanx a bunch brother,,, 😁🖒🇺🇸

respect.. dam i wish i have a big gaurage and i leave in apartment

For little small defects like just below the surface can I use fine grit sand paper and then compound polish and wax ?

Great video! I just painted my truck. I'm an amateur painter. The paint looks good but has orange peel and I did not want to damage it and have to respray. Hope I get good results like you.

How many days do i have to wait to wet sand?

Which is better.. Wet sand or clay bar before adding compound

Hi, Very informative video! When do you use the rubbing compound? Thanks!

the brushes are going bad in your buffer