Best method for removing orange peel?

[gmachinz]

Just wondering what you guys suggets for this. I'm dealing wiht a fresh paint job on a Monte Carlo with a Royal Blue metallic single stage acrylic enamel finish. The finish is pretty shiny but has some peel in it. I've been told to just use rubbing compound and then a polish. Paint is about a week old-what can I do? I have experience with quite a few things but paint is not one of them. I'm hesitant to use any kind of "cutting" compound for fear of creating blotches in the metallics. Thanks in advance.

[mikey]

I hate to tell you this but you are pretty much stuck with it. Any sanding will cause the metallic to change. There is absolutely no way to sand it. Your best bet is to scuff it up shoot a couple fresh colr coats and clear it. The only way to get metallics smooth is with a clear coat.

[brooksstls]

Since you painted your car with a single stage you cannot sand on it at all. You will end up sanding into the metallics and you will ruin it. But if you use a basecoat/clearcoat system then you can sand on it all you need to as long as you don't go through the clearcoat. Single stage paints are good for a daily driver, in a solid color, but they are terrible for metallics and heavy pearls. You won't be able to touch up any chips, or scratches very easily now either.

[ProdigyCustoms]

These guys are correct. if you sand it, the finish will split coat. Scotch brite it and clear it

[gmachinz]

That's pretty much what I thought. It is a daily driver though so it was not meant to be a show car anyway, however, after putting in as much work, I won't use a single stage again. Thanks

[70TWO NOVA]

That's pretty much what I thought. It is a daily driver though so it was not meant to be a show car anyway, however, after putting in as much work, I won't use a single stage again. Thanks

Dont get tem wrong, single stage paints are not necessarily bad. They actually are very vibrant if used for solid colors with no special effects like metallics or pearls. If you block your car thoroughly you can get a very smooth "glass-like" finish.

[Damn True]

[mikey]

I agree single stage paints are a decent choice for solid colors especially on daily drivers. However IMO clear over a solid color seems to give it more depth.

[Jimmy Sean]

Steps

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Step One


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Use a paring knife to carefully cut a circle of rind off of the top and bottom of the orange.

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Step Two

Use the knife to score the orange rind and white pith in approximately 1-inch sections, pulling the knife across the rind from the top of the orange to the bottom of the orange. Or, if you have a lot of manual dexterity, cut the rind in a spiral as shown here. Don't cut into the flesh.

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Step Three


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Peel each orange rind section away from the flesh of the orange.

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Step Four


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Separate the orange into sec

[6'9"Witha69]