wet sanding question

[white-04]

I posted in the other area that my car is being wet sanded. It is an 04 white GT and it had rust colored specs on the paint when it was transported via rail. Ford is taking care of it. They say they are wetsanding and buffing it, taking about 4 days to do. When they say buffing, does that mean polishing?

My real question is, what should I do with it when I get it home, put a sealant and wax on it? I already have Meguiar's NXT for it.

Thanks.

 

[chrisbudl1]

Make sure it looks brand new, I wouldn't put any shine stuff on it. It should already, If anything, I would wash it, and just let it dry, to see if the clear coat is still ok.

 

[xruiz]

If I were you I would wax it to protect the paint. When they wetsand the car it will also get rid of any wax that you may have put on it so I would wax it just to have a coat of wax on it to protect the paint. Just my opinion.

 

[white-04]

clear coat looked fine. I washed it, clay barred it, washed it again, polished it with Meguiar's Step 2 polish, and applied two coats of Meguiar's NXT wax. Pix are in 'Talk' section....

 

[Anthony Orosco]

I posted in the other area that my car is being wet sanded. It is an 04 white GT and it had rust colored specs on the paint when it was transported via rail. Ford is taking care of it. They say they are wetsanding and buffing it, taking about 4 days to do. When they say buffing, does that mean polishing?

My real question is, what should I do with it when I get it home, put a sealant and wax on it? I already have Meguiar's NXT for it.

Thanks.

Wetsanding?? No way should they be wetsanding a OEM paint job! Sure it can be done but the factory clear is so thin that they may have just shortened the life of your paint. If they remove to much from the top coat then they mess around with the UV absorbers which in turn leads to premature clear coat failure.

Ford should of known this and instead gave it an acid wash...or just clayed it. Claying will not remove the metal particles but it will at least shave them off. An acid wash would remove them and this is what SHOULD of been done. I would be causing a huge fuss if that were my car.

Anthony

 

[HardmanGT]

Wetsanding?? No way should they be wetsanding a OEM paint job! Sure it can be done but the factory clear is so thin that they may have just shortened the life of your paint. If they remove to much from the top coat then they mess around with the UV absorbers which in turn leads to premature clear coat failure.

Ford should of known this and instead gave it an acid wash...or just clayed it. Claying will not remove the metal particles but it will at least shave them off. An acid wash would remove them and this is what SHOULD of been done. I would be causing a huge fuss if that were my car.

Anthony

Clay will absolutely remove the metal. Giving an acid bath is bad for your trim. Most companies don't even make the acid bath/ industrial fallout remover anymore.

Never should have let the dealership touch the car. Better off to take it to a pro and send them the bill.

 

[Anthony Orosco]

Clay will absolutely remove the metal. Giving an acid bath is bad for your trim. Most companies don't even make the acid bath/ industrial fallout remover anymore.

Never should have let the dealership touch the car. Better off to take it to a pro and send them the bill.

Hardman,

I agree with you to a point. A pro should of handled this. Clay though will NOT remove the imbedded particles. The metals will "bloom" rust again even if clayed (this though depends largely on the degree of contamination) as the clay will only remove the protruding particles.

Acid washes are safe IF instructions are followed. Auto Internationals ABC system is used by Ford and many other manufacturers so this is why I am amazed that this Ford dealer chose wetsanding over an acid wash.

Thanks for your input,
Anthony