Orange peel like you've never seen

[zckid]

Hi folks

My uncle had a Toyota Corolla for resale. The car had been resprayed and was covered with Orange Peel. But looking at it from close range, it appeared more like CROCODILE PEEL.







I asked my uncle if I could correct the same. He said The car would be sent to the bodyshop at the former owner’s expense.

The car arrived home late and I had very limited time. I thought of taking the pictures and post for advice. But the car would be gone till then.
I was eager to try something, even a small section would do.

So I grabbed 2 sheets of sand paper (1500 + 2000), let it soaked overnight. Early in the morning the next day, I started with the fender when everyone else was dreaming.



Wetsanding complete



Some correction with Menz PG on LC orange CCS





Polishing with Menz 203s on LC white. And finally refining with PO85rd on LC black



I had some scares when I tried to remove some sanding marks. I moved back to PG on the orange pad for the spot correction. The panel got hot and a small area 2” by 3” appeared completely dull as if the clear had gone. I was red. “God, help me!”

I mist the area with ONR, let it cool down, continued working the adjacent section. When it was cool, I skipped polishing, went directly with PO85rd on the LC black, speed 1-2.5). Thanks God! It came out really nice. Even the light circular rotating marks were not to be found in that area. May be the lube helped. Next time, I’ll try working on smaller areas with ONR and see what happens (using the light to the maximum)



Well, it started raining, and heavily



My sun gun got wet too

Moved the car inside



Some pics when I returned from work





Look at the orange peel on the hood. In many places, it was worse.

I felt a bit gutted because the car would be leaving.

Thanks for viewing. Your comments and advice are welcome as always.

Zaid