How To Wetsand And Buff A Bad Paint Job

[@jessemadden2743]

Looks awesome man!! I'm impressed!

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks Jesse!

[@daletomes4546]

Thank you. That was a really good, no nonsense teaching vid. It’s given me the confidence to hit up my project car here in Australia 👍

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks for watching! Good luck with the project

[@DarrelllCampbelll]

Hard work pays off again and you have a lot more pride in your baby. Good job

[@oldbiker9739]

good job young man turned out good and you saved $ 15,000.00 on a paint job , well done .

[@WayToManyAssassins]

$15k for a paint job? Where you getting that from 😂

[@oldbiker9739]

@@WayToManyAssassins that's Canadian money you know the no plastic country except for money cars just about everything made lo. it has all new sheet metal and a new box , I have won many car show awards for that truck

[@makodaniel4885]

15k!!! Who tf pays that?!

[@BrianShiitakeOfficial]

Dude!!! That hood shot at the end is INSANE. Nice ride. Going to follow this exact process on my car.

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks man, Good luck on your project

[@willsolt8177]

Hell of a Job, I learned to do that when I was younger too, You can make just about any crappy paint job look outstanding. Nice Work!

[@matthewdevine113]

Damn huge difference

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks man, I'm exhausted but pleased with the results.

[@timc2346]

You can also get clear that dries quicker meant for buffing.But Yah can also buff regular clear.Back in the 80s when GM was still using Laquer was alot of buffing.Base clear a big game changer than Laquer and alot easier for blending !

[@nathan12np]

The clear will cause orange peel with a budget setup

[@jD-cp2mi]

@@nathan12npwhat do you mean?

[@Lmarcanov1978]

What a coincidence, yesterday I was talking to a friend about my Dad tackling a paint job on his boxy 82 Impala!!! He did it around 88 and he left the polishing half way because how labor intensive it was with those paints at that time!

[@Lmarcanov1978]

​@@nathan12npI learned that already....so wet sanding here we go!!

[@jisake1]

I find what you did was a good demonstration. I am no expert, but you will have better results wet sanding if use a bucket of water and sponge to hold your sand paper. Just wrap the paper around the sponge and will avoid lines with your fingers. Always change the bucket water between grits. You may find using one or two steps on finer grit will also help. Finalize with 5000 and then 7000.

[@LumpyFPV]

I may have missed it, but is this before clear coat? I'm doing a garage paint job and after laying the base coat it's looking uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@maddenmadness]

I personally wait till after clearcoat. i know of people who wet sand the base coat just don't know anything about it

[@a.h.h9647]

for sure I'll hit the like button , thanks man for sharing this specially subject because you made my day better to solve the bad paint job I've done with amazon spray gun at my dirty garage , really appreciate your indirect help to me

[@maddenmadness]

thanks man! I'm sure it'll turnout great.

[@michaelmott7402]

Very nice car and a superb paint job for a outdoor painting. The rewards are all yours and it came out beautifully. See you didn’t have to go to the gym to build upper body muscle 😊

[@jessicadenike5245]

Thanks for the help. I've been working on my car for almost 4 weeks now, lol

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks for watching. Good luck on the project

[@billknudson7895]

Great tutorial. I actually put a DupliColor Perfect Match finish on an acoustic guitar. The color is similar to the one on your car. In the guitar finishing process, it’s typical to end up with an “orange peel” look after all the painting is done, regardless of the type of finish being applied. I’ll use techniques similar to yours during the cutting and buffing process. After correcting some mistakes in my efforts, I eventually got a mirror-like shine. I have another guitar project that’s ready to be cut and buffed. Your video helped refresh my memory. Hopefully I’ll get the same results. Thanks for a great refresher course!

[@maddenmadness]

Awesome man, good luck with the guitar.

[@sebastian0107]

Great job! Thanks for the valuable tip about masking the lines! I never would have thought about that. I hope that GTO is a keeper; awesome car!

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks for watching! and yes I'm never selling this car

[@hotrodray6802]

I run a 1/2 inch wide tape stradling the body line to prevent oopsies.

[@sebastian0107]

@@hotrodray6802 Thanks, I'm just about to put it into practice on my own car. This is exactly what went wrong when I tried to self-spray and sand 5 yrs ago. Really sad: the color and clearcoat blendings were good, and then I messed up.

[@nessiesnunez3926]

It came out looking amazing!! Nice work!

[@maddenmadness]

thanks man!

[@nativesumerian2146]

thnx for the video, cus i was nearly starting to give up. Did an amazing job painting my bumpers and tried to touch up spots and clear coat and got runs, cracks, and whatchamacallits.. tried tack rag it, dragged spot made it worse. between that and the bubbles other side, ive been pissed off for days, ready to just sell my car of all the other problems it keeps giving me. Thanks for shining a little hope bro

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks for watching man. Good luck with all that, I'm sure it'll turn out fine

[@Regg363]

Great video thank you for the education. When you buy extension cords, buy #12 or #10 AWG. The outside jacket is thicker and heavy duty. The wire being bigger can handle the amperage. Long cords = voltage drop, voltage drop = higher current. Higher current burns up smaller gauge wire.

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks for the tip!

[@PaulJBaccash]

Great job!!! Is that just water in the spray bottle when you wet sand or is there anything else added?

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks man, and its just water

[@jeffking9702]

Awesome video dude! Getting ready to do my first paint job on a first gen S10.

[@maddenmadness]

Cool truck man, Good luck!

[@r-bnc]

This looks great! May i ask how many coats and did you clear coat it? If so which kind? Thanks 🎉

[@maddenmadness]

Sure thing, i used Nason paint and clear coat 3 coats of each

[@Lmarcanov1978]

Great!!! This will be video number 5000 on car painting....I got to the point that my bumper is all painted and shines but needs this step to achieve the final result!! I used Urethane clear so waiting for my 48 hr cure!!

[@gregsousa7382]

This was the info I needed; thanks for posting.

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks for watching!

[@chriskerwin9050]

Looks good man did it take ur clear coat off

[@Irv-o8m]

Great job man

[@hotrodray6802]

How do you get it that straight using your fingers on the paper? If you leave it outside that thin clear will be dead and gone in 36 months. Wanna bet? Ive had 3 prifessional PPG clear jobs that died in 36 months. The last paint was acrylic enamel and its been on 12 years. Not as shiney, but its still there.

[@JoseReyes-xs3js]

Great job 👍What compond u use when buffing?

[@maddenmadness]

meguiars

[@tallsz559]

Great video, why did it take so long? Because on video it looks like a fast process..

[@bananamonkee]

Thank you so much for this very informative video. I recently used spray cans to paint rocker panels. I don't have the bumps. The paint is overall smooth but it doesn't have the gloss to match the rest of the car. A couple of questions: 1) Would 3000, compound, polish be sufficient to bring gloss without needing the lower grits since I don't have bumps? 2) What size compressor did you use?

[@maddenmadness]

If the paint's not that bad I'm sure a pass with 3,000 grit would be all thats needed for wet sanding (if it's needed at all) And i cant remember what size of compressor i used, but it was just a basic smaller compressor that broke shortly after paining the car.

[@UtzChips2009]

It took 30 hours because he was using sand paper the size of his palm instead of a linear block & Mirka guide coat.

[@johnochicago8457]

Great video, I really needed to see this. I have sand paper like patches after using Dupli-Color then using K600 after the second coat and it felt pretty smooth. I then put two coats of Eastwood 2K clearcoat and then saw the dry patches. I used a buffer with rubbing compound and then 3000 sand paper and polish. It's drivable but doesn't look anything like yours. I know what I need to do. Thank you!!!!

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks man, good luck with the project

[@phillipgrandison2384]

Appears to me, by what you described is that your actual paint has some light covered areas, that became visible once clear coated..and if that's the case it's trapped under the clear, and no amount of buffing/ polishing will correct it. If I'm on the right track, a repaint is required. If you do any other paint work in the future, please make sure your spary overlap passes are 50% - 60% on each pass from the last pass. In general, a car needs a good 3 coats of paint for complete coverage, perhaps more (5) if the paint is of a cheaper quality (watery. Although you can mix more paint, less reducer to combat that sometimes (70/30 ratio, for example). Clear coat needs 3 coats too, 1st a light one, then 2 medium to medium heavy ones (allow flash of 20-30 min between). after a week, u can do sanding / buffing as needed. The main take away, is to not rush the work. Just take your time to get it right. A show car finish can be accomplished in your own garage, but it'll take you a few weeks of labor to get it

[@irecruitfish7410]

Wow amazing... With the job go quicker if you use a buffing tool with the sandpaper?

[@maddenmadness]

I'd bet it would be easier to sand through the paint with that. but if your careful I'm sure it would work fine and save time

[@LifeOfQuway]

Helluva turn around, thanks for the video man !

[@vampire_kiril]

always do it yourself bro. im having the same problem as you.

[@luke_mcqu2430]

0:17 my paint is looking like the before of this project but I have not done clear coat yet. any advice on what I should do? it would be much appreciated

[@kevink6265]

Wondering this myself. I'm guessing you have to buff and polish before clear coat?

[@jake360flip]

​@@kevink6265 Currently painting my car with rattle cans and getting amazing results (with a lot of elbow grease to make up for lack of skill). Don't cut or sand the paint at all. Just give a good 3 coats of clear (which will orange peel) but let that fully dry and go through this videos process on that and you'll get factory shine on it and you won't see any of the paints texture on there. (i know this because i've tried both ways)

[@grouchyurinal2804]

Thanks brother! Just painted my Jetta outside with a harbor freight gun as well - she needs some shine 😂😂

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks for watching, Good luck with the jetta

[@davidbell4986]

There's a little black magic in painting but it"s mostly experience. You did a great job sanding and buffing that paint. It's a ton of work for sure. A few more sanding and buffing jobs like that will build a strong incentive to lay that paint down next time. Just funning with you.

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks for watching. And yes, if i can avoid doing this again im sure gonna try

[@cnkaufmann]

Excellent advice. However, you failed to mention that you are sanding the "clear coat." In your video you go from painting the car with a spray gun to wet sanding. Upon close inspection of your before sanding finish it appears you had applied clear coat after the paint job but you do not mention this.

[@russellharrison1670]

Great job I just painted my truck with spray cans and 2K clear how long did you wait to wet sand and buff your car

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks! I waited about a month.

[@deman601]

Will that process work on paint with metallic particles in it? Looks great and I appreciate the video- excellent work!

[@maddenmadness]

all though I've never done it on metallic paint id bet it'll work, especially if it has clearcoat

[@davidsnipes7297]

Oh… this was the clear coat… woulda been nice if that was part of the intro or did I miss where you said you were fixing the clear coat vs the actual paint?

[@emmanuelrj1987]

How long did u wait until paint is cured to cut and polish?

[@maddenmadness]

It had been a couple months since I painted it. The soonest I've done this was about a month after painting

[@jonhart-dj7fn]

Also the uv todays heat caused the issues so it will be a waste of time money to think like new with anything spray cans etc.. just do step one two correct filler prime coat color base and best marketed clearcoat review.. under a hundred bucks materials. For hood and roof cap tundra 2001 here... ill wait a month before i complete compound rotary like this and a good polishing waxing before coldrr weather

[@WoudlinPierreHDKTheProducer]

Hey if you don’t mind what exact cutting and puffing pads did you use?

[@maddenmadness]

I bought them at harbor freight. And i don't think they said what the specs are.

[@makodaniel4885]

What about your clearcoat?

[@jonhart-dj7fn]

Ill never use sand paper after k2 clearcoat. Ill just wash with a sponge maybe 2000 grit ( maybe) if i feel something otherwise its all rubbing compound 😅

[@AttilaL0210]

Good job man well done🛞🚗💯

[@brunocristan7047]

I just painted my car too, first car as a diyer. How many clear coats did you spray? I did 2 and am afraid of wetsanding too much. Im gonna start at 2500 grit to 3000 just to be safe .

[@maddenmadness]

I did 3 coats of clear.

[@vcotta2012]

Did you apply the clear coat first or you're going to apply the clear coat afterwards?

[@maddenmadness]

the clear coat had already been applied.

[@vcotta2012]

@maddenmadness My 73 Mach 1 was painted this way and It is a lot worse than this! The drips are thick ! Hopefully I can make it look like your GTO!

[@maddenmadness]

@@vcotta2012 Im sure this will help it. Good luck with the Mach 1, awesome car!

[@brianravega4473]

Great job dude !!!

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks man

[@daveshanton485]

Great work!

[@maddenmadness]

Thank you!

[@APOLLO-ur9be]

Was this done before or after a clear coat?

[@maddenmadness]

After the clear coat

[@kemhorton3235]

That inflatable paint booth is starting to show in my future

[@z.s3072]

Noice. Looks great

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks man

[@alaskandonn4236]

Wet sand 1000 grit Wet sand 1500 grit Wet sand 2000 grit Wet sand 3000 grit Cutting pad and rubbing compound Polishing compound and finishing pad

[@maddenmadness]

and don't sand body lines

[@jeffl714]

Great video, thanks!

[@harunlisic]

You were wetsanding the paint, and not the clear coat?, After you Wetsanded, and polished, you don't apply clear coat? Or your car paint already contains clear coat in itself?

[@maddenmadness]

it was already clear coated

[@harunlisic]

@@maddenmadness Thank you

[@kensheffield343]

Good Job

[@hilmyardhi]

just sanded my car and there are still lots of sandpaper scratches. wish I knew this video first. but it's a lesson learned

[@youtoobe169]

Good stuff!

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks man!

[@satino8082]

Wait no need to re paint after wet sanding? My dads convinced I have to re paint and when I wet sanded, I did sand some paint off

[@satino8082]

Id really appreciate any tips first time ever painting. Maybe I just didn’t paint enough layers before wet sanding??

[@maddenmadness]

@@satino8082 Yeah typically after wet sanding and buffing there's no need to repaint. painting's done more case by case tho, So you may consider talking to paint shop. But if your paint is thin you may try wet sanding with a higher girt, that would minimize the possibility of sanding through the paint.

[@satino8082]

@@maddenmadness i will try that thank you and great video!

[@kleinrazon2663]

how hard are you pressing the sand paper?

[@maddenmadness]

medium to light, not too hard

[@berkandaltaban4201]

What if i just start from 1500 grit if its not that bad

[@maddenmadness]

I'm sure it'll work

[@ceesklumper]

I use soft block for wet sanding

[@guitariste47]

Such a good vidéo. I a trying it out in 2 days time

[@maddenmadness]

Thank you, good luck!

[@kellyappel3015]

It's not that the paint is extremely thin on a body line. It's that there's very little surface area on that line where your sandpaper will be. Yes, either way, avoid the lines.

[@gregthroberts]

Do you have some type of soap in your sanding water

[@maddenmadness]

no i didnt

[@herzus1993]

Very good job brother

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks man!

[@dimensionexo.]

Great job and tutorial "Madden"however nahh I'll pay *

[@exbballfan]

Do you have on lipstick.

[@dmgscalemodels2825]

Can you just color sand then clear coat the paint?

[@maddenmadness]

i've heard of people doing that before but ive never done it or know how

[@Mcabdriq]

thank you for a nice video man , I did followed your video and now my self painted car of mine looks much better now . thank you once again . ♥♥♥👍👍👍

[@maddenmadness]

Thanks for watching! glad i was able to help

[@OlDefiantBlue]

You shouldn’t be sanding straight lines you need an orbital sander to do it properly Also your fingers leave a pattern so you’d atleast need a block Good job all in all though

[@maddenmadness]

thanks for the tip.

[@redpig1120]

👍🏻🥃👏❤️

[@philh9238]

Beautiful car

[@maddenmadness]

Thank you!

[@nocapfrost2918]

I should of watched this video before I started sanding I went over the body lines and i sanded through the paint

[@jonhart-dj7fn]

I knows

[@billnipp2309]

Well, ideally you wouldnt be painting any vehicle outside....

[@deerafael2063]

That was bad prep not cheap equipment.

[@Mr._Lister_The_Sister_Phister]

Idk man, a textured finish/orange peel isn't really a result of bad prep. I mean you can get texture if you fail to sand your primer, but im talking specifically about orange peel. Bad prep usually, in my experience, results In adhesion problems, but not texture. Texture can definitely be caused by cheap equipment, depending on the specifics, but in my experience it's usually caused by improper spraying technique.

[@chrisduc1]

😂😂🤪🤪what did you expect by painting this bad …. Outside on top of grass 🤭🤭🙈🙈🙈get the job done from pros , then will be no need of sanding and polishing 🙈☝️☝️☝️

[@maddenmadness]

you paying for it?

[@ataxicainc]

It just goes to show that even with many imperfections you can get still good results without needing to pay a ton of money. Great job @maddenmadness

[@herzus1993]

@@maddenmadnesslooks like he’s painting cars and he’s mad at you showing ppl how to do it themselves 😂

[@LumpyFPV]

Haha ​@@herzus1993came here to say this