{"id":4713,"date":"2011-04-04T06:56:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T10:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=4713"},"modified":"2023-03-06T14:27:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:27:06","slug":"spilled-paint-removal-meguiars-2000-grade-unigrit-and-surbuf-r-series-pads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/spilled-paint-removal-meguiars-2000-grade-unigrit-and-surbuf-r-series-pads\/","title":{"rendered":"Spilled Paint Removal – Meguiar’s 2000 Grade – Unigrit and SurBuf R Series Pads"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was recently contacted to estimate the cost of\u00a0 repairing what was described to me as spilled paint damage.\u00a0 Apparently a can of spray paint exploded in the garage this car was parked in, and someone tried to remove it with a Scotchbrite pad.\u00a0 After reviewing the car, and trying to remove the paint with mineral spirits, thinner, and clay, I decided a light hand wet sanding with Meguiar’s 2000 grit<\/a> paper and compounding with a few SurBuf <\/a>pads was in in order.<\/p>\n

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There is certainly extensive damage to this thin factory paint.\u00a0 I wanted to be conservative in sanding as this car has only 3k miles, it will need some clearcoat for the future.<\/p>\n

I like to use white buckets for anything I’m going to touch paint with.\u00a0 The white provides a contrast to any debris that may be in the bucket that could damage the paint. \u00a0 This is a 2 gallon bucket I use only for wet sanding.\u00a0 I always add a little soap for some lubricity, and let the paper soak until it curls plus 15 minutes before I use.<\/p>\n

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Some may not have a air compressor and D\/A to use a sanding system, so I’m going to focus on hand sanding.\u00a0 I use a Meguair’s Backing Pad<\/a> to help reduce “finger marks” and apply even pressure across the paint.\u00a0 You will also want a squeegee and some towels handy.\u00a0 The squeegee is needed to clear the surface of water and check your work.<\/p>\n

In this case, I am trying to remove damage from a previous sanding.\u00a0 What I need to do is make the paint as even as possible.\u00a0 In the picture below, you will see that after a few passes with the 2000 grit, there are still “shiny” areas.\u00a0 these are low spots from the prevoius damage.\u00a0 I could stop here and start polishing, but there is a high likelihood that these marks will remain visible post-polishing.\u00a0 I could see that the previous damage follows a “North – South” direction.\u00a0 To make my sanding most effective, I sanded in an “East to West” direction to take down the damage and try not to make the “trenches” created by the first repair attempt deeper or more defined.<\/p>\n

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Here is that damage after compounding with a SurBuf R pad.\u00a0 No good…<\/p>\n

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The grille was hit heavily with paint.\u00a0 Its flat finish does not respond well to polishing.\u00a0 I was either going to paint this grille, or polish it will wool to remove the paint, knowing that it would have a glossy appearance after.\u00a0 The chrome was a bit too soft to save, the Scotchbrite pad marks were not coming out…<\/p>\n

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The headlights were lightly sanded with Meguiar’s 2000 Grit paper also, and polished with a Yellow Lake Country 4″<\/a> pad.\u00a0 I love using the smaller pads.\u00a0 They were new and came up with no problem.<\/p>\n

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After sanding the bumper, hood, 2 fenders, and passenger door, I polished using Meguiar’s M105 on my Porter Cable D\/A with a SurBuf R series pad.\u00a0 These pads are incredible.\u00a0 I was hesitant to try and repair wet sanding marks with a D\/A.\u00a0 I’m an old school body shop painter and was trained to polish with 1500 grit paper and a rotary with a wool pad.\u00a0 This Porter Cable D\/A with Surbuf R Series pad has changed my opinion.\u00a0 It removed the sanding marks quickly and neatly.\u00a0 I really felt a step after M105 was not necessary, but followed up with M205 and a green pad, and finished with Opti-Seal.<\/p>\n

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Final comment – Keep your eyes on the damage in paint.\u00a0 The polishes we use are not magic, they are tools.\u00a0 Nothing replaces common sense.\u00a0 I think I was aggressive with both the sandpaper and Surbuf pads.\u00a0 I do have a lot of experience wet sanding paint, I know what can and can’t be corrected as I work.\u00a0 Only experience can teach you that.\u00a0 I look through the water and watch the damage disappear as I sand and polish.\u00a0 If I can’t see, or there is not enough proper light, I don’t proceed.<\/p>\n

Surbuf pads are highly recommended for repairing this level of damage, you may need 4 to 6 to do an entire car.\u00a0 I used three for this repair.<\/p>\n

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How do you remove stubborn paint that has been spilled onto a car? Justin Doria was recently faced with that situation and solved the problem with wetsanding and Surbuf pads on a PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":21357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,35,33,37],"tags":[99,302,206,361,95],"class_list":{"0":"post-4713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-imperfection-removal","8":"category-pads","9":"category-polishes","10":"category-touch-up-work","11":"tag-meguiars-m105","12":"tag-meguiars-m205","13":"tag-porter-cable-7424xp","14":"tag-surbuf-pads","15":"tag-wet-sanding"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5582468669_00f7702325_b.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-1e1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4713"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39235,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713\/revisions\/39235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}