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Wetsanding 30 year old paint


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Well, I started getting annoyed with the scratchy dusty grey burned up clear coat on my Z, but most of all, I was annoyed with these splash stains left behind from mortar sitting on the paint, falling off, and leaving the un faded paint behind.

 

SO I started wetsanding my Z.

 

these are some pics off my phone, unedited, of what I've done so far.

 

it's far from done, I have half the car about 75% finished, but man it makes a difference. I'm just using 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper, and lots of water with a dash of dish soap

 

 

this is what the passanger side did look like

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this is after about an hours worth of work yesterday

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and this is what it looks like today, after about 2 hours worth of work

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the paint isn't in good shape, but it's still nice and thick. really all I'm doing is sanding off all the clear coat. later I'll probably polish the car up and it should shine pretty nicely. it already shines good after just wet sanding it.

 

one spot on the fender got a bit thin, but because of all the CHIPS in the paint, I can gauge how far into the paint i'm sanding haha.

 

later I'll post up a picture of just the front of the car. the difference is like night and day

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