Wet sand and polish,
 

Been thinking about doing this for a while now and tonight i finally made a start, some of you who know the car are probably thinking WTF!:cuckoo: as to be fair the paint is very very good as is, but i just fancied doing it:D unfortunately i dont have a DA at home so all flating had to be done by hand using 2000 and 3000 wet and dry, then polished with 3m products, fastcut+, extra fine, and ultrafine, i started with the bootlid and then a quarter panel but it started to drizzle before i had chance to finish the 1/4 so it'll need another pass with the polisher:Whatever_ took some pics to show progress,

Before,(light orange peel and distorted edges on reflections)
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...8/IMGP1110.jpg

After, (will be going over it again because of the rain but orange peel gone and much sharper reflections).
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...8/IMGP1113.jpg

During,(wet sanded with 2000 and 3000 wet and dry)
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...8/IMGP1112.jpg

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...8/IMGP1111.jpg

once i'm happy i'll be using my new blackfire kit on it:)

It's a labour intensive job but well worth the effort Jarv,nice results so far and I'll defo be doing it on mine when I finally get to paint it:thumb:

Hell thats shiny ! I thought the 1st pic was the finished job , the after pic is outstanding !

A one time job ? Couldnt do that too many times ?

its be defo worth while cant wait to see if finished i need to start mine at some point:thumb:

Top job mate, takes some balls to sand the top layer of lacquer off just to get a shine but it works:thumb:

What bits do I need to do that to my car . Don't think I would have to bottle to do it lol dose look bloody good tho mate

Only needs doing once, just to remove the texture of the lacquer, when finished will give an awesome depth to the paint and super sharp reflections:)

It'll look alot better after another pass, it just got to wet to be able to work the fastcut:brickwall

Get's messy with to much wet:D

subscribed, with pics tomorrow for advice ;)

Ryan, not forgot about the job, will post next week ;)

Rob

No worries Rob:thumb:

If you dont have access to a DA (i dont at home) i just used 2000 wet and dry and a double density sanding block for the flat areas and a 3m 3000 trisac disc for the rest, then the three grades of 3m compound coarse and fine with a rotary polisher and a compounding head and ultra fine with a rotary polisher and polishing head, then go over it with a micro fibre, next i'll be using Blackfire Gloss enhansing polish, then Blackfire all finish paint protection, topped off with some Blackfire midnight sun paste wax:)

Looks sweet mate, posted this up on DW yet?

I couldn't do it, not a chance. I'd balls mine right up! Good on you tho fella.

Very impressive work. As others have said I personally haven't got the bottle to attempt that on my Impreza :lol1:

Not yet, I want to get better pics and finish the quarter panel.

Looks good, but I'm sort of liking the matte finish too :lol1:

Looks amazing! :)

Your a brave Man Jarv.But i bet it will look stunning.

That looks really good mate this is one thing I would love to do but I'm not brave enough plus I only have a da not a orbital yet so I might attempt it when i get one

Despite attending the Welsh motorsport festival at Pembrey circuit this morrning and watching the Wales v Babarians match i still managed to have another crack this evening:freak3: first went back over the 1/4,

1/4 done but only with compounds, Blackfire gep, afpp and midnight sun paste wax to come:)
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...8/IMGP1226.jpg

So, as its not started to rain yet its onto the door,
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...8/IMGP1244.jpg

door done (compounded) some reflections,
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...8/IMGP1247.jpg

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...8/IMGP1245.jpg

And then it started raining again:(

Nice job .....

thats fecking amazing, looks like glass.

superb mate, wish i had the balls to do that on mine.

Top job :notworthy looking f**ing good.

Jarvis your the man ! that is quite something... your lucky in the respect you understand paint better than most matey and that allows you to do things like this. Looking forward to seeing this soon in the flesh.

Cheers Si, it was either this or paint it orange:lol1:

Jarvis, when I enquired a long time ago about wet sanding/polishing the S202 (OK the S202 was alleged to have thinner paint than a 'standard factory car) I was warned that the paint on an Impreza was too thin to allow it to be done.

So that is obviously not the case then? It was your new BFF who advised against it by the way. :D

Nearly forgot to say that the car is looking good as well, but the rear spoiler needs to be refitted... ;)

I think you forgot something else you had to say as well Ty;):lol1::lol1:
Still wish I could be there:D

Nice work Jarv,the results speak for it's self:thumb:

Very nice by hand or machine?
What do I need to achieve this product wise plz