I recently clayed some problem spots on my black 04 cobra that has some orange peel hear and there. When done claying the areas where orange peel it kinda dulled the high points of the paint like almost spotted over the orange peel. Is this normal and will it come out with some polish/wax? It's not horrible looking or anything like that but just wondering if claying will minimize the orange peel look to a certain extent? by the way it's the first time i've clayed this car.
clay bar over orange peel
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Its more likely that you didn't have enough lube on the clay and you're actually seeing some shadow transfer from the clay.
There is actually a clay-film on the high spots.
Use more lube next time. For now, you can either wipe the car down with a quick detailer, or just wash it and it will come off.
Claying really doesn't do anything for laying the OP down. It just picks up surface contaminants.
There is actually a clay-film on the high spots.
Use more lube next time. For now, you can either wipe the car down with a quick detailer, or just wash it and it will come off.
Claying really doesn't do anything for laying the OP down. It just picks up surface contaminants.
you probably just marred the paint a little with a bit of clay transfer, qd it and polish it out.
that's what i thought I did just a little marring. I'll throw some polish on it and get it out.
I know you have to wet sand to get rid of the OP just wanted to know if claying would reduce the appearance of it at all.
I know you have to wet sand to get rid of the OP just wanted to know if claying would reduce the appearance of it at all.
Sorry to sound ignorant, but what is orange peel? I recently purchased a black 99 cobra with alot of swirl marks and I just purchased a pc & some products form Scott. I'm trying to learn all the secrets to make it shine. Thanks
SALIV8 said:
Orange Peel is a special, no-cost feature on many of today's cars... it's a side effect of modern robotic painting technologies. Manufacturers also like to be sure there's plenty of it on large SUVs as it masks imperfections in expansive body panels.
It basically means that the paint has the texture of an orange... slight bumps which can sometimes be removed if you wet sand, but unless you know what you're doing you can go all the way through the clearcoat and create all kinds of problems.
I pretty much consider them to add character to the paint.
When you get a car custom-painted ($15-40K), they will wet-sand between coats and there generally isn't any orange peel for this reason... instead, it's glass smooth.
When addressing your spiderwebbing and/or swirl marks, you'll likely lose some of the orange peel you might have by using a cutting pad in the process.
Jim D. said:
I've heard a couple different ideas on this subject, but has anyone had their cobras wetsanded? I want to have mine done, but I've heard that the clearcoats are too thin to work with. Is that true?
crizzut said:
I believe that this is true. HISSMAN wet sanded his car & they dug in way too deep in some areas & around some corners of the car. He ended up getting the whole car repainted after they ruined it... !
if you burn through the clear with wetsanding or buffing you can't just scuff it and re clear it, it will take a repaint of that panel, the paint turns dull through out and adding clear won't bring that back.
I was able to buff out some orange peel on a guy's '03 Red Cobra with some SSR 2.5 and an orange pad. :thumbsup:
Thanks Casper for the input kinda got off topic a little bit there. I'm guessing you used a PC for that? I'm going to be picking one up soon.
Venom04 said:
yea....I've got a PC...and love the damn thing. Can't believe I didn't buy one sooner....such an investment. :thumbsup:
That's what I thought, can't wait to get one.
97CasperCobra said:
That must have been some damn good polish to do that... :uh oh:
I think what he meant was it improved the appearance of orange peel or dulled the look of orange peel however you would say that. LOL
Venom04 said:
I didn't know you could do that but that is interesting to hear. I would much rather do this to the orange peel on my car. Anything is better then wetsading...
I'm waiting for my new PC and some poorboys stuff. I'll try and post before and after pics so you can see what happens with the OP and swirls and what not.
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