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Re: Help!!!!!!
The finish in the pics is shiny but not smooth. It stilll has a lot of paint texture.
I personally think all those steps needed with MicroMesh are unnecessary and time-consuming. Your experience is common: as you work your way through the grits, you see only a smooth dull finish. Then, when you get down to the finest grits, deep scratches suddenly appear. Aaaargh. So it's back up to a coarser grit and all the way back down again.
If your final coat (base or clear) has orange peel or paint texture, wet-sanding with 2000 grit wet-or-dry will smooth it out. Based on your photos, I think that's what your car needs now. After a 2000-grit wet-sanding, you don't need to go to any finer grits, because Tamiya Coarse compound will remove the 2000-grit scratch pattern and produce a a nice polish - not high gloss, but just right for "original" older cars.
Tamiya Coarse is actually not coarse at all. You won't see any scratches, deep or otherwise.
If you want a glossy finish - most of us do - Tamiya Fine is the next step. And if you want a deep, show-car gloss, use Tamiya Finish as your final step.
Ddms
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