help! need alittle clear up on rubbing compound.

[sengming]

so cutting compound is supossed to put a shine in a surface or just smoothen everything out? if it smoothen everything out, won't it make the model very dull? sooo what do you do next? after you've use cutting compound?

thanks

[freakray]

Did you read the FAQ?
P-Man wrote a tutorial on everything you should do when cutting and polishing the paint and it is in the FAQ.

Link in my sig.

[sengming]

yea i did..he says use wax after cutting compound. But people are saying that they get nice ass shines after using cutting compound. so now i'm confussed,, you know what i mean? I don't want to mess up my first model that's it...maybe i'll have to test this method out on a aliitle toy car. or somthing to see how it works out.

[SwooshICE]

once the surface is smooth then it should be shiny not dull

[sengming]

so sparying laqcuer over the wet finished coat and then using rubbing compound would lead to a smooth shiny surface if the paint was sparyed on correctly( no orange peels)?

[hobbes874]

After rubbing compound use car wax and you should have a nice shiny serface, it's all in the F.A.Q's

[sengming]

ok thanks for the help guys.

[dag65]

I hear what you are asking, cutting or rubbing compound will level the surface , reducing or eliminating orange peel or other small defects, I often use two or three products with progressivley finer grit, the final wax stage will bring up the shine.

[rx7king]

i am confused about this also...i thought i could just buy tamiya wax, which i did, then i started hearing about compound

[dag65]

waxes work great for shine but unless you are using a cleaner wax they usually do not do much for removing any material, so if you have orange peel or other things to get rid of you need a product that actually polishes. I use Meguires plastic cleaner or polish , sometimes Meguires cleaner wax, always Meguires carnuba to finish but I hear the Tamiya stuff is pretty good also. Everyone has their own favorite product.

[rx7king]

so...i can just use wax over teh clear coats and nothing else is needed?

[dag65]

Originally posted by rx7king
so...i can just use wax over teh clear coats and nothing else is needed?

sure as long as it is as smooth as you want it just waxing works great.

[rx7king]

cool thanks

[Jay!]

Another EXCELLENT explanation of technique and tutorial:

http://www.interlog.com/~ask/scale/tips/rub/rub.htm

[dag65]

Pictures even, great tutorial, thanks