Wet Sanding and Buffing Enamel question

[gwoloshyn]

I've begun wet sanding my completed boat hull which was painted with Supermarine SM-1000 enamel paint. I'm new to the wet sanding and buffing process, and fairly new to painting in general. When we sprayed the hull it came out with a significant amount of orange peel. When I wet sand it removes some of it, but the deeper orange peel I cannot get out without burning through the paint. We applied 3 coats of paint. I do not want to re-coat after wet sanding, just wet sand and buff.

My question is, when I start to polish my hull with a power polisher tool and 3M finesse-it, will this remove any remaining orange peel?

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: Wet Sanding and Buffing Enamel question

It will only smooth out the peel..

Remember that the peel is High.. if you cant buff out after the peel is sanded/erased then you did not apply enough paint.

YD.

 

[gwoloshyn]

Re: Wet Sanding and Buffing Enamel question

Here are some pictures of what I have. There are spots that are deeper than others which do not sand out. If I wet sand to this point, then finish with the polisher, will I come out with a decent finish? I am not looking for perfection here, either.

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: Wet Sanding and Buffing Enamel question

As long as you have enough paint .. you can wetsand ( or even Powersand ) then buff to a mirror.

But if your paint is thin .. then your in kinda stuck with what you have.

YD.