Anton2K3
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I have jus laquered my tank yet again after a failure the first time round. What do you use to get rid of the orange peel effect and polish it up...cutting compund, t-cut, or some other product?
Cheers,
Anton
P.S. I know its in the wrong forum, but more lightly to get an answer here.
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Anton2K3
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anyone?
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infinitycorsa
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T cut and a good load of elbow grease,,, perhaps rub down v liightly
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Kris TD
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the only way too remove orange peel is too sand it flat with 1500 then polish it up, although this wont work very well on laquer. should have done it before you did the clear coat.
obviously not polishing though
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Anton2K3
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i did sand down before clear coat...but your meant to polish it with some sort of compound, what stuff do i use? Its gone on well, but is not shiney like on a car, slightly bumpy.
Anton
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Kris TD
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it takes ages too sand it down smooth, i spent half an hour removeing orange peel from my boot with 1500 grit before i got bored, its still got orange peel.
use something like g3,7 or 10
on more recent stuff i sprayed there is hardly any orange peel, but thats cos i got a bigger compressor and the finnish is miles better.
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Anton2K3
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I got a 2hp 50l compressor, and jus bought myself a nice gravity fed spray gun, so its not the tools. I am new to this whole game, but jus been doing some research on net, and whenever something is sprayed, people polish it with a polisher and some 'polishing compound'. Jus need to know what compound to use.
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1600power
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get some rubbing compound only a mild compound is needed not to abrassive and not to fine. then get a slightly damp cloth and rub it in all over the panel, then wash it off and give it a good polish!
shud help the finish loads! 
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Anton2K3
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which rubbing compound, and where from though? I know you can get cutting compund from halfords? would this be the right stuff?
Anton
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Anton2K3
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or would t-cut be better, or t-ct scratch remover compound?
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1600power
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i've used hte stuff in halfords and its just about the right consistency in my view for getting rid of orange peel!
T-cut is pure wank tho takes ages to get anywhere and will defo not even get close to orange peel!!! it only just about gets rid of paint fade 
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koni
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Different bodyshops use different polishing systems, we use a very good american system. However, most uk bodyshops use G3. Im not a big fan of G3 my self, my opinion of it is that too much work is needed to get decent results.
You wont be able to get thestuff i use, so maybe speak to a meguiars rep?.
As for orange peel... orange peel only really comes in the top coat, so you should never colour sand the basecoat, it affects the final finish, although some people on here think otherwise... the fact of the matter is, it does. So dont touch the final coat of base coat.
Use an abraisive with a fine scratch pattern to flatten the top coat. 2k lacquer is probably the BEST topcoat to get good finishing results when it comes to final preperation i.e. flattening and polishing. You will never get an off the gun finish that doesnt have bad orange peel. However, equipment, materials and painter are all factors in how bad the orange peel is... so no matter how big or small the job is, generally all bodyshops flatten and polish any work before it goes out the door.
My advice to you is...
Go to a local motor factors/bodyshop supplier and ask them what systems they have that will bring flattened paint back to life by hand (as im guessing you wont be using a polishing machine). Most likely they are going to give you a bottle of G3/G10 and some kind of gloss finishing polish.
hope thats of some help mate
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