How to Custom Paint a Car : How to Color Sand a Car with a Machine
Color sand a car with a machine after giving it acustom paint job; learn how from our expert custom-car mechanic in this free auto-restoration video. Expert: Doug Jenkins Bio: Doug Jenkins runs Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods in St. Louis, where he restores classic cars and creates mild to wild custom street rods. He races a 1972 Corvette in the SCCA performance rally series. Filmmaker: Ross Safronoff
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October 19th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
hi im doug douche
October 20th, 2009 at 3:04 am
hi doug i have a dangers tool in my pocket it blows at about 100psi…so watch your eyes.allway wear saftey glasses
October 21st, 2009 at 6:30 am
dam doug is in every video….
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:35 pm
you want to slowly increase grit… you need to stay within 1-2 steps to be able to remove the previous scratches.
Remember sandpaper works by SCRATCHING… just in a controlled fashion.
220 grit scratches can be removed with a 320 or a 400.
400 grit scratches can be removed with a 600. etc.. buffing = 2000+ grit (depending on compound). so dont expect to buff out anything more than an 800+
jumping from 220 to 1000 is a joke
October 26th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
hey any one knows how to take out the scratcehs of the car well i already sanded the car with 220 but it has a lot of scratches the u could see and i want to get them out but i dont know how? some one told me to used 1000 sand paper but u could still see them adn its taking to long to sand with 1000
October 29th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
these videos are truly pointless. I know the business model is geared towards 1 minute videos and involving lots of clicks… but it fails because viewer attention is depressed by the amount of enormous amount of work trying to figure out which link to click to next.
October 31st, 2009 at 7:28 am
Pearl or metallic meaning anything with a sparkle.
October 31st, 2009 at 10:24 pm
oright and what do you mean by pearl base…like silver? or is it like a special type of paint
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 am
That will work as long as the base coat is not metallic. You cannot sand metallic or pearl base coats. You dont buff the base coat either. Another thing to watch out for is that it is very easy to sand through the base coat, but if you do its easy to touch up by applying more base coat to the damaged area.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:34 pm
the thing is I know im going to make some mistakes…thats why I was hoping for some sanding included…can I try this?
ok its primed already…I want to lay the base down than I want to color sand the base to get it even and smooth cause Im not that good with the stroke technique…than the clear coat with out any sanding done to the clear coat? what could go wrong
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:38 am
You can either use a single stage enamel or a base clear system. Base clear is more forgiving for a beginner. The base sprays about like primer, and if the clear has imperfections it can be sanded and buffed. Either way if you keep the dirt out and spray a decent paint job it does not have to be buffed.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
its already primed
November 5th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Is the car already painted?
November 8th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
aww man that sucks…I thought the buff and clear coat can sub each other. Ok I dont have a buffer if there anyway I could get the job done with the outcome as if I did have one?
November 9th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Yes, in a nutshell.
November 12th, 2009 at 4:10 am
so is it base,clear, wet sand than buff?
November 12th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
On a two stage paint job (base-coat clear-coat), you don’t normally wet sand the base-coat (color).
Yes buffing will take the dullness away. You shouldn’t use anything courser than 1,000 grit sand paper on the clear.
November 14th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
so you dont color sand the paint….and will the buff make the dullness go away permanet?
November 16th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
They are actually sanding the clear coat to get all the imperfections out. After that it will be buffed to a mirror like finish.
November 18th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
after the color sanding do you put another paint coat or do you jump to the clear coat