Detail Masters Polising Kit

are you supposed to wet sand or dry sand with these things. thanks in advance for the help.

You're supposed to wet sand with all fine grit sandpaper when polishing anything. Always keep a clean stream of water flowing onto your sanding area to rinse away sanding debris and not clog your sanding sheets. Never skip any grits of sanding sheets. You must use in ascending order! Don't sand/polish in circular motions. Always in a straight line and the next grit should be done perpendicular (90 degrees) of the last grade of sanding sheets used.

I was wondering, did you Detailmasters polishing kit come with instructions? Or did you buy individual sheets? Got more questions post them here.

-Walter

thanks for your help.

yeah the kit came with instructions, but it didn't say if it should be wet sanded or not. :huh:

Where'd you get your polishing kit at?

i got the kit off theDetail Master (http://www.detailmaster.com) page.

If you do order from them, don't order the scale motorsports c/f decals cause when i did they sent me the detail master ones instead. :mad: they said they didn't have the sms ones, but they don't show it one the web site. :rolleyes:

are you supposed to wet sand or dry sand with these things

I prefer to wet sand with them, and get excellent results. You don't have to wet sand though, but that will cause the sheets to fill up with paint residue very quickly. It's a trade-off, if you dry sand you'll see your progress faster as you don't have to constantly wipe the surface clean/dry to see how far you've sanded, but you'll quickly build up so much residue that the sheet gets clogged and doesn't sand well w/o cleaning it off...with soap and water. None other than Pat Covert prefers to dry sand with these sheets, and I've heard of others too. Once you've purchased the sheets, if you do wet sand with them they will last a very, very long time. I've polished countless paint jobs over the years with just one set of polishing cloths and a couple of replacement sheets. I only use "regular" sandpaper now for doing body work to sand putty.

Thanks for the link!! They got some neat stuff!

Originally posted by ZoomZoomMX-5


I prefer to wet sand with them, and get excellent results. You don't have to wet sand though, but that will cause the sheets to fill up with paint residue very quickly. It's a trade-off, if you dry sand you'll see your progress faster as you don't have to constantly wipe the surface clean/dry to see how far you've sanded, but you'll quickly build up so much residue that the sheet gets clogged and doesn't sand well w/o cleaning it off...with soap and water. None other than Pat Covert prefers to dry sand with these sheets, and I've heard of others too. Once you've purchased the sheets, if you do wet sand with them they will last a very, very long time. I've polished countless paint jobs over the years with just one set of polishing cloths and a couple of replacement sheets. I only use "regular" sandpaper now for doing body work to sand putty.

Good points, Bob.

I think Pat also recommends dry sanding for beginners. It's a little easier to gauge your progress and get a feel for things with dry sanding.

Maybe try something in between -- dry sand, but stop regularly to rinse the sanding residue out of the sanding sheet.

The bottom line is that the polishing cloths will work wet or dry. Experiment and see what works best for you.

Matt