How do you smooth out 1 part paint

Just practicing on some old 1 part paint that has some orange peel to it. Can it be fixed. Some one did my dash with it and I would likew to make it smooth. Please respond if you know what your talking about.

 

Hit it with your shoe and yell at it. If that doesnt work then rub it with baby powder, that makes everything smooth..

 

Now that I like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Depending on what it is, and how dry it is,
you can usually wet sand, then buff.

 

On dashes stuff in areas like that I like 2000grit and a spraybottle of h2o, then polish.

 

I use 1,000 gr or 1500 gr and lots of h2o, (depending on how bad the peel is), follow up with a few strokes with 2000gr wet, and polish...And, I always make sure to use a sanding block, not my hand. Using a soft sanding block will make big difference. Maybe try the SB Soft Block from Motor Guard. It will allow the paper to hit the tops of the orange peel, leveling it, and will help keep from carving finger grooves into the panel...Have fun!

 

Why not hit it with 400, wrap it up and reshoot it??????

 

Wet sand with a foam sanding block (required!) and the finest sandpaper you can get. You probably won't get it all out, but you can make it decent.

Alternatively, you might try some heavy duty rubbing compound made for your paint type and an electric buffer. Quite easy to burn your paint and destroy chrome if you're not careful.

The worst you can do is sand too much and hit primer. Remember though that you'll lose some gloss to the finish as with a single stage paint you put the final coat on with some additives to give it that wet look.

 

Little hostile, no?

This is it.

Check out a tech I did. This stuff was hardened single stage, but the same rules apply. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=367250

 

Of course it's hostile, it's my dad.

 

Well then that explains it!

Carry on gentlemen.

 

Alway's good info from my son. I guess it my fault for bringing him up around cars. I did get him back though. When he was a teen the neighbor came over yelling about the burn outs on the street. I chewed him out right on the spot. Even though we both were smoking tires.

 

LMAO sounds like my house growing up

 

i agree will crazyunclejack.wet sand with 400/600 grit,then rub with finesse 2(3m)then polish.i rember when we wanted orange peel.boy am i old