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Buffed my tank today..

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This is the original 33 year old paint job.. It's not flawless, but from 10 feet away it's pretty close to it. I listened to a lot of good advice from a friend in the autobody biz who cautioned me to take it slow on the sanding, and check often. I started with 2000 grit wet paper just to take the orange peel off of the top of the clearcoat..
 
Then I used Maguires lite cut compound and a rotary buffer.. really carefully. Cleaned up the nooks and crannys with a rag and that was it. I could do this every year no problem. The tank took about 2 hours so the rest of it would add up to a good long day, but that's not much of a price to pay if you enjoy this type of thing.
 
Confusion here, did you spray new clear over the old paint or is that the original clear coat?
Either way it looks great.
 
Now can we have a photo from 9 1/2 feet away...:D:D:D
Nice work, looks very good, :clap:
 
Thanks Flyboy, Gormin... no unfortunately I didn't have the foresight to get a "before" shot. It was a LOT of swirl marks though... typical I think of years of washing up with dishsoap in a pail with an old T-shirt. The PO had garage stored it though, so the colour wasn't faded at all. Lucky me.
 
Looks great! So the pinstripes were under the clear coat too? Do you have to use extra care around them? Wonder if I could do mine with the Suzuki decals?
Nice job!:)
 
Yes Trevor the pinstripes are under the clearcoat. At first I sanded a little gingerly over them, but they are far from perfect anyways, so, soon enough, I ended up just going over them in the same manner as everywhere else. Truthfully, I think that 2000 grit takes off quite a lot less of the top then I feared when I began. In reality I don't think I ever got near the surface of the pinstriping with the sandpaper.
 
2000 grit is perfect to take out minor surface imperfections, swirls and abrasions
1500 would level the surface taking out light scratches
1000 creates a new surface
my general rule of thumb
 
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