Paint reflections

Post up your paint reflection shots here. I have some I will start the thread off with.



This picture is of the door of a Honda Accord I buffed. And that is me in the reflection.

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This one was the door of a Audi A4. You can see the building in the reflection.



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This here is a Infinity G35.



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BMW 330CI. This is another car that I buffed (I buffed all that I have posted here).



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Thanks. I loved taking a tired paint job and bringing life back into it. I miss getting to do that everyday.

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Here is a Dodge Magnum I buffed. As you can see, the door as been buffed but the fender has yet to be touched. I did this Magnum for a car show. The shop that had it had big rims on it. They sell rims. When it made it to the car show the owner said he never knew the paint had that flake in it. He thought it was just straight black. He was very happy with the results.



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Thanks. Yeah painting is tough. This wasn't painting. This was just buffing to make the existing paint look as good as possible.

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I have done a few that gave me headaches. One was a Benz SUV, it was in an accident and had a poor paint job. It was tough to get it to look right. I had a S10 that had something odd with the paint. I redid it about 5 times. That one drove me nuts. There was also a Kia SUV that had decals on it. It was black and there was a big difference in the color of the paint where the decals were and the regular paint. That one was a pain. I tried every product I had and in the end I got it good enough to leave my shop. It wasn't perfect but it looked much better.

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This I want to throw in because it shows me at work late one night. You can also see the reflection of the buffer in the paint. This the Kia that had the decals on it.



Here is a full shot of it.



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This is a GMC Sonoma I did. It had been repainted from what I remember and came in looking like the left side. The right side I buffed. You can see the reflection of the bottle in the paint.



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Here is the door of a G35.



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You shouldn't have an orange peel look after buffing. If you do have it, all the paint or most of it should be like that. Take a closer look at other areas of the bumper to see if it is the same.

What kind of buffer did you use? Rotary or a orbital? What product did you use?

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The repaint explains the orange peel look. To remove that you will have to wet sand it smooth. If there isn't enough clear your might have to wet sand then lay down some more clear and go at it again.

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If it isn't too bad you just need some light wet sanding and then buff to a shine.

James