Hey excellent point sandman, if I'm not through the low spots obviously I'm not close to going through the clear. I am a picky s.o.b., so I know what your saying. I did a sample spot yesterday and went through all the grits and buffed and it turned out awesome, so I have to keep telling myself that. If I were to sand through a spot........which I hope to heck I don't, can I touch up and re-clear that spot? Then continue my wet sanding? I'll try to get some pics up by tomorow, last time I posted pics it was a pain in the a**.

 

I'm gonna give some advice that's gonna have experienced painters rushing to their keyboards to flame me on, but here goes: conventional thinking says that once you sand through the clear and into the base, you've ruined everything. It needs to be primed, shot with primer, sanded and then based and cleared. I don't deny that is the correct procedure, but in the real world, it's not always practical and it sure as hell isn't the easiest or most fun! I have proven to myself that if a base problem arises, you can simply shoot a touch of base (if you've ruined the base by sanding through) in that one spot and reclear. I've done it before and had no problems later.The easiest way to do it is to avoid sanding through in the first place, so please be careful!

 

Well sandman............the second time was a charm! Once I started wet sanding I realized that this wasn't your typical orange peel..........it was everywhere and it was BAD! So I decided to sand it down and paint it again. I had only done the cab and box, not the doors and fenders, so I took the da to her and went down to basecoat. I did a pile of research online and found alot of good advice on everything from how to set the gun and air pressure to the best techniques. I also discovered what I think was the main culprit in the whole deal. I bought a set of three spray guns a while back; a primer gun with 1.8 tip, a finish gun with 1.4 tip, and a touch up gun. Well I must have read the instructions for the guns wrong because I ended up using the gun with the 1.8 tip for my paint and clear! Well needless to say when I used the 1.4 tip this time it sprayed WAY smoother. I did a sample piece before I started and got the air/fluid settings just right and went at it. The color layed down beautiful and the clear has just a slight bit of orange peel, just a tad more than my 2008 f350 from the factory. I'm extremely happy and glad I decided to do it over. I still plan on wetsanding it and buffing but instead of a 600 grit to start I could easily start with 1000 and it won't take near as much work. I do thank you for all your help and advice, and I PROMISE to get pics up this week. Thanks again