Anyone remove the slight amount of Orange peel from factory?
02-17-2018, 06:19 PM
#21
Thanks for the detailed info Pistolwhip! I've used a high speed buffer on my boats gelcoat but have never done anything but clay bar/polish on my f150. You know your stuff, thanks for sharing.
02-17-2018, 06:29 PM
#23
If the clay bar is working, it's probably not orange peel that you're seeing. A clay bar is used to remove micro contaminants and imbedded deposits that would otherwise create a poor quality surface to CORRECTLY complete polishing and sealing/waxing steps. It's part of the stripping process, for lack of a better term. Clay doesn't remove clear coat or paint, that's why it can't correct orange peel. Clay baring a car is step in the process of completing a high quality detail, it's NOT a correction step. Correction is done by "cutting" the top layer surface of paint / clear. It is absolutely worth the effort during a full detail, as it sets the perfect stage for your polishing and protecting steps AND makes polishing without marring, swirl marks and hazing WAY easier.
Orange peel isn't something in the paint, it's the paint itself. It's caused by either poor prep or excessively heavy application of paint/clear. The factory paint is applied by a machine, there are many factors that can effect that process; like if the temperature inside the booth is off or the machine is getting close to it's cleaning / recal requirements you might be the unlucky buyer to get a car with a little more orange peel than the ones that were painted in better temp environments. Small amounts of orange peel is to be expected in a mass production process and is permitted to get through QC from all of the major manufacturers.
Orange peel isn't something in the paint, it's the paint itself. It's caused by either poor prep or excessively heavy application of paint/clear. The factory paint is applied by a machine, there are many factors that can effect that process; like if the temperature inside the booth is off or the machine is getting close to it's cleaning / recal requirements you might be the unlucky buyer to get a car with a little more orange peel than the ones that were painted in better temp environments. Small amounts of orange peel is to be expected in a mass production process and is permitted to get through QC from all of the major manufacturers.
02-17-2018, 06:30 PM
#24
If the clay bar is working, it's probably not orange peel that you're seeing. A clay bar is used to remove micro contaminants and imbedded deposits that would otherwise create a poor quality surface to CORRECTLY complete polishing and sealing/waxing steps. It's part of the stripping process, for lack of a better term. Clay doesn't remove clear coat or paint, that's why it can't correct orange peel. Clay baring a car is step in the process of completing a high quality detail, it's NOT a correction step. Correction is done by "cutting" the top layer surface of paint / clear. It is absolutely worth the effort during a full detail, as it sets the perfect stage for your polishing and protecting steps AND makes polishing without marring, swirl marks and hazing WAY easier.
Orange peel isn't something in the paint, it's the paint itself. It's caused by either poor prep or excessively heavy application of paint/clear. The factory paint is applied by a machine, there are many factors that can effect that process; like if the temperature inside the booth is off or the machine is getting close to it's cleaning / recal requirements you might be the unlucky buyer to get a car with a little more orange peel than the ones that were painted in better temp environments. Small amounts of orange peel is to be expected in a mass production process and is permitted to get through QC from all of the major manufacturers.
Orange peel isn't something in the paint, it's the paint itself. It's caused by either poor prep or excessively heavy application of paint/clear. The factory paint is applied by a machine, there are many factors that can effect that process; like if the temperature inside the booth is off or the machine is getting close to it's cleaning / recal requirements you might be the unlucky buyer to get a car with a little more orange peel than the ones that were painted in better temp environments. Small amounts of orange peel is to be expected in a mass production process and is permitted to get through QC from all of the major manufacturers.
02-17-2018, 06:32 PM
#25
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