Which is Better: Wet or Dry Sanding? 

My thoughts: I find wetsanding to be safer than dry, obviously--Dry sanding is awesome but like you showed in the video, it's faster, meaning it cuts more, again...obviously. When I work with fresh paint, I was never tought to dry sand on it, so IDK if its possible. I've seen 3M educational videos where the first step, 1500 is done dry, then followed up with wet 3000, 5000, polish and done. I know of the tracks you are referring to when wetsanding, very annoying. Through my experiences, on fresh paint or non, this usually can happen a couple of ways: (1) getting panel too hot to remove sanding marks will cause paint to swell a little and then compound over them, causing this & (2) not using strong enough grit compound to remove the deeper, heavier sanding marks. Imagine I wetsand 2000, and try to cut it with 3Ms Step 2 - Perfect it Polish. Results will be horrible. You can apply now this same concept/experience by not following up with the correct next step, no matter what step you're on(wetsand, sand, compound, polish). If I sand with 1500 I will, at bare minimum, use 2500 sanding discs to remove the 1500 scratches because if I go straight to 5000, those 1500 marks will just be burried, leaving tracks. Let me know what you think of my experiences broken down, as I have only been in the paint correction business for 4 years, wetsanding for 1-2.

This video is incomplete. You need to compare WET machine sanding vs DRY machine sanding in order to make conclusion. I bet there isn't difference wet vs dry with both using machine

Good video but it's like watching a silent movie ☹️

Dry is the best but on soft clear , wet sanding works well . The best is Norton dry disk on a DA sander. You have to know the paint and how much clear you have to work with and what method to use. Practice, practice and when you think your good ; practice some more !. Have fun !.

We have really learnt a lot from you thank you so much for giving us such great details. Our post paint job is now like have oem finish

I watched your video on dry sanding and used your method on a fender i painted that needed correction and it worked beautifully. Thank you for your videos. Ive learned a lot and quick

Superb video highlighting the benefits of dry sanding vs wet sanding 👍👍

Does this apply to older cars with lacquer paint jobs? When I grew up, I was always taught to wet sand after painting.

Eye opener, thanks. I assume the best way to remove this sanding marks is wool pad plus compound?

Hello, I am wondering when I have to stop dry sanding before I damage my car ??

How soon after a paint job do you have to wait for removing orange peel?

every video on yt said to wet sand and I wasn't getting good results but I kept going and unfortunately I burned through the clear and even some of the base (total rookie mistake, over pressure on the sharp point of the ridge).. it was an experiment so I'm not super concerned as I was ready to respray anyway but man I'll be sticking to dry sanding from now on.

Can u use Kovax k-2000 to sand down body filler

I almost ALWAYS go with dry sanding! I have practiced my skill for about ten years, and I am able to start sanding with 800 to 1000 grit dry, with an electric DA similar to your Mirka. I can even go as low as 600, if I have a lot of trash in the clear. I'll go 1500, then 2000, and end up with 3000. Only on the last step will I do a wet sand with 3000 on a circular 3M sanding pad, the thick ones, with just a very light spraying of soap water or SprayWay window cleaner. By the time I put the cutting compound on it and polish, it is SUPER easy to finish.

If you have a lot of orange peel wet is the only option, dry clogs up too much

depend of lot of things If you makes clearcoat and try to sand like 2 hours after, it's better use WET sanding, less agressives and good result, but if the clearcoat it's completely dry after days, you can use DRY sanding. And only KOVAX do good dry sand paper, other are rly shit to be honest.

Sir I learn from you so I started dry sanding but here we don't have kovax paper' so I started from Starkey Germany, I feel dry sanding is best I say thank you for sharing knowledge ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

Great video! I tried wet sanding a single stage white with heavy orange peel. I caused a lot of damage probably because I didn’t keep the paper clean. Warm weather kept drying up my paper also. 1000 then 2000 then 3M Rubbing Compound was best for my situation. It was easier to see the progress also. I always go with extra coats of single stage or clear coats now.

Foam Polisher vs. Fur next video? :D

It all depends on what you doing f ur guide coat dry sand if pants and have effected you want to wet saand

Watching this video now that I finished full body wet sanding a Black Camaro 😅

nothing works like machine no matter how careful one is by using hand to sand it can't be as smooth as the one done with machine.

Wow , certainly shows a big difference in the sanding options …. It’s DRY for me that’s the best outcome 🙏🙏. Thank you for demonstrating

Or just buy a car with no paint. Problem solved

Gosto muito dos seus vídeos!!! Excelente profissional 👏👏👏👍.

Svaka cast doktore... Iskreno nisam za "Smirdex" nikako... Koristim "3m wet or dry sanding" smirglu ali se jako brzo napuni papir kod suvog smirglanja...

You didnt remove orange peel completely!

Thank you for your vidéo,i lurn so much,be blessed

Well, it's Kovax, they make the best sandpaper for any metal work.

I’m going to try dry sanding, so you need special dry sanding paper vs wet sand paper ?

Mirka cool

Dry is the most efective way for a detailer

I'm no professional, just love keeping my car clean and nice. Gonna tackle a small chip on my A pillar with the Dry and Kovax papers. Thanks once again for your awesome content and videos! 🚗💫🛠️

Thanks for your video. How much clearcoat was removed by the dry sanding. You didn't show meter after?

Muy bien explicado. Congratulation!

Great video! Awesome explanation of the benefits of dry sanding 👏

This video is fire. Just came across this. So dry sanding with 1500 then 2000 does this?

Great video thank you 👌

which you prefer wet or dry sanding for final or finish paint?

Executive video my friend 🤩👌🔥

Bravo 🔥🔥🔥Amazing Video like always. Thank you Big Brother for interesting ideas and video. 👍💪🤙🙏

Can i use wet sanding paper for dry sanding, thank u for ur videos

Wet sanding is easyest way, and more safety for you health.

Hi, my car has serious water marks and the surface is rather uneven. Can I use the same method as you to remove the water marks and restore the paint? Will sanding shorten the life span of the paint?

I never knew wet is the worst

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super video! What throw does your da have? 5mm? What polishing compound did u use? I think about buying the menzerna 400 or the mirka polarshine 35 and use it with a wool pad to buff out the sanding marks i told you under one of your videos of...what do u think? Edit: And would u have these sanding swirls too (this fine ones over the whole sanded surface i told u of), if you would buff with a foam pad instead of a wool pad? thanks and you are the very best in car detailing ive seen on yt man!!

Great video .. thanks a lot Got many valuable knowledge and tips

So i would see the result in the sun because the LED light shows no microscratches and hologram. All people that see this vid think "ohh thats easy when i do it dry " because you dont show what happen when you not clean the sandpaper and the part ! Then you get more scratches as a wet cut! I think the wool pad is bad for polishing !

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I see few people use short throw DA to subtitute sanding machine. Is it ok to use 8mm DA for sanding?

2000 was not coarse enough for the deep orange peel on the wet sand. 1200 or so would have made more sense, even 1500. 😐

I try a lot of sennding peper and l alweys have a Orange Pearl, so you fink the kovax is beter then the ather?

hi,i want to ask,why should we degrease after we compound？and degrease with normal water or any special things？

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You don't compare machine wet sand vs machine dry sand

That paint is pretty . All those different color flakes .

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Brilijanto, kao i uvek. Suvo brušenje je otkrovenje za mene. Hvala.

Good video but it would be better to see the paint micron values ​​after this. maybe you tested before. If paint microns are same with wet and dry with machine its good but you didnt give information about that.You didnt talked about dry sanding damage also its little bit dangerous then wet sanding.For amateurs i cant imagine how dangerous it. You said dry sanding is fast but also cutting so much.So i would like to see pain microns after wet and dry.I guaratee you if you make with dry one place like that and if i work with wet sanding my work probably will more safety and not more damge as dry sanding

Didn't know there were not the same wet or dry sanding paper.

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Hey boss what brand of dry sand paper is that?

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Great video, thanks! One question:i have a electric sanding machine (metabo sxe 400) wich have the throw 3 mm instead of 5 mm that you use.Do you think it’s ok 3 mm throw for sanding headlights?

How can you call it dry sanding ,when you soaked the paper for 15 min?

Спасибо за видео, наглядно🤝 Думал, какая же полировка/матирование лучше. Все вопросы отпали, выбор очевиден)

I think it depends what you value more... sandpaper or time.. wet sandpaper lasts a lot longer, but it takes longer. Dry is faster but go through sandpaper much faster.

Why soapy water for the wetsand instead of pure water. You have less friction due to the soap. I am wrong ?

Thank you for your videos. For those whose don’t have a 6” sander. But we have 3” DA polishers with 3mm orbital, can we get a good result? Even with 3” Kovax discs?

What do they use on show cars?

Hy, very good work, did you u use adbl cut polish with a dewalt rotary with wool?

Does this work also on gel coat or only car paint and clear coat?

Where are those da sandpaper sold 6" especially where to look

Dry sanding wins 👍

What do you think of denim pads for rotary?

Man im so happy i saw this video, thank you 😊

What polishing compound did you use?

Where do you buy the Kovax Sandpaper from?

Good luck sir...

Very nice

Which machine and pads do you use?

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Was this painted with a roller outside in a sand storm?

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It all depends on what you doing f ur guide coat dry sand if pants and have effected you want to wet saand

I personally never thought dry sanding would be better, in fact I tought it will be more aggressive, so I went with wet sanding in every polish work I made. Will try definitively.

Why 1500, try 800 grit, make a video, 800 makes it look like glass and takes out 100% Orange peel

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