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@edsnova posted:

Spent about three hours messing with it. First I sliced off the runs with a blade. Then I wrapped a wet paint stick with wet 400 grit and ground the drips down close to flat. Then I worked those areas with 800.

Then I wet sanded the whole panel with 800, 2 passes. Cleaned the whole thing with glass cleaner.

Two passes with 1000, two more with 1500 and one more with 2000. Cleaned it between sandings and looked for trouble spots.

Then I compounded with a "rough" sponge pad, 2 passes. Cleaned again with glass cleaner. Then one more with a medium pad. Cleaned.

Once over with a fine pad with polishing compound. Then a buffing wheel to finish.

It's not close to perfect. I'll probably have to re-shoot the drip spot at least.

But it's not terrible.

My bodywork teacher told me that color sanding/cut and buff was good inspiration for getting your gun set right the first time.  A**hole.

When I did my class project (Mercedes Hood and Rear hatch) I messed up getting the gun back together right and my first clear coat had some globs in it. He had me just lay on a few extra coats, extra thick, to leave enough material to wet sand it out.

Worked great except the finish product turned out nicer than the OEM finish in the rest of the car.

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