Hi
My car was recently sprayed with enamel. However, I was called the day after the paint went on and told that it hadn't worked out very well. This proved the understatement of the century. My poodle could have done a better job if I'd given him a paintbrush.
However, I am determined to drive the car (in public!) so I've started cutting back the paint. This works quite well, but the paint really loses its shine. What can I do?
The paint exemplifies the 'orange peel' effect- it is really bad, like there was a serious paint reaction, or silicone reaction.
Any suggestions will be very very welcome.

talk to dasdubber...

i think when he did his job he had same problem...not sure how he retyfied it...will look at his link though...

ok i was right...

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewthread.php?tid=21201&page=14 

try that link..on my puter its page 14 half way down. Das did the car himself, and he suffered orange peel. He hit it with sanding paper, and then cutting compounds and swirl remover....g3 and g4... check the thread...u acn see what happened at those stages...and his car came up great.

most people will tell u his car sits as one fo the best examples in aust restos

go check it out...

so yes, with some work u can get it all looking nice urself.

BUt as per advice above...if u paid for the work to be done, get them to fix it.

oh, and if ur pages are different to mne, then ur looking for the work he did to his car aust day this year.






[ Edited on 14-10-2005 by bugeyedbabe ]

Silicone contamination will be like a crator down to the under coat,orange peel however is just a bad application of paint and if the paint is thick enough you can use a rubber block and 1200 wet papper lightly cut it back with this then use 2000 wet with the block and then you could even go down to 4000 then buff,this is very time consuming,be very carefull VW's have alot of curved surfaces you dont want to rub through your paint.hope this helps other than that block it back with 1200 and give it a good thick coat of clear.Oh by the way when you say enamel do you mean two pac or the old school enamel?

i used old school enamel on my bug , had the orange peel effect so i let it sit for a whille then rubbed it back with 1200 and used hand buffing compound then polished it after


she dont look to bad does she

It dose look good,if you wanted more gloss you could hit it with the buff but then it might look to glossy and les original.Very nice original looking VW i like it.

Cheers everyone, I think I'll spend my holidays sanding the car back with 1200, then the 2000 as recommended. Is there somewhere you can get the paper to suit an electric sander?
About the clear coat, he's been done in old school enamel, and I've been told that a good clear coat to use is varnish. Is this true?
Who does good quality spraying in Perth?

dunno about the varnish mate.

as for the electric forget it you have to do it by hand this way you wont rub through or leave bad scratch or swirls in it with the paper.

use the soft rubber block (usually black and red) this way you can even do the curved sections, this will also ensure you dont leave finger marks in it :thumb

hop that helps