Ultimate scratch removal - 180 Grit sandpaper.

kissrocksforever · Jan 11, 2014

Hey all, Since my other post about the McLaren drew up some questions about sanding, I figured I'd post this. This was done as practice, so it was done on a door that was damaged and would be thrown out... no biggie if I burnt through. (I didn't!)

Anyway, I intentionally scratched the OEM paint with 180 grit sand paper, and through the process of sanding with 400, 600, 1200, 3000, and finally 5000 grit, it came out. along with a pretty impressive amount of clear coat lol. Then it was buffed back to perfection with 3M's three stage polishing system. Enjoy!

What a nice door...

OPPS! 180 grit sand paper marks!

Better sand it with 400 grit...The white power is the clear coat that was sanded off...

600 grit...

1200

3000... shine starting to come back

5000 grit. very smooth now.

Final Result after a three stage polish with 3M compounds and polish.

KillNThrill24 · Jan 11, 2014

This is an awesome write up man thanks for sharing! Looks a lot easier than I thought

kissrocksforever · Jan 11, 2014

KillNThrill24 said:
This is an awesome write up man thanks for sharing! Looks a lot easier than I thought

Not a problem! The only hard part is knowing when to stop sanding. Of course if you sand through the clearcoat then you have to re-clear it which costs $$$. Trial and error is the best way to learn how to do this stuff.