How To Turn Your Car’s Paint Job Into A Show Quality Finish (Full Guide)

I recently repainted my front bumper because the clear coat was starting to peel off. I removed the bumper, sanded the whole thing with 600 grit and used a red scuff pad in the hard to reach areas, and painted it in the backyard. I put a light coat of red base coat with my paint gun and I used spray max 2K for the 4 clear coats. Paint job came out very good considering the 2K clear coat was sprayed out of a spray can. But let’s knock out the orange peel and get a show car finish!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:06 Overview and Paint Job
1:19 Cleaning the panel
1:56 Taping off edges
2:36 2000 Grit
3:53 How to check progress
5:47 Check progress again
6:17 Electric sander
7:45 Heat gun or blow dryer
8:32 What is should look like
9:52 Sanding other side
13:10 3000 grit
14:56 Buffing and polishing
18:05 Compounding step
19:39 Shine is back!
20:51 Important rotary tip
22:00 Dual Action Polisher
23:57 Compound other side
26:18 Polish step
28:28 Finishing polish step
30:03 Before and after shots
30:22 Final words

Products used:

Electric sander: DEWALT Corded Sheet Sander
Wool pad: https://www.harborfreight.com/7-in-wo...
Heavy cut compound pad: https://wenproducts.com/products/wen-...
Polish pad: https://www.harborfreight.com/7-in-ro...
Finishing pad: https://www.harborfreight.com/7-in-ro...
Sanding block: https://www.homedepot.com/pep/3M-Sand...
2000 grit sandpaper: https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Imperi...
3000 grit sandpaper: https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Wetord...
Rotary: https://www.harborfreight.com/12-amp-...
DA Polisher: https://maxshineusa.com/products/dual...
Heat gun: https://www.harborfreight.com/1500-wa...
Diamond cut compound: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/me...
Ultra cut compound: https://www.autozone.com/wash-cleaner...
Polish: https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/m...
Finishing polish: https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/m...
Microfiber towels: GRANT'S Ultraplush Edgeless Microfiber Towels, 12-Pack
Tape: Scotch Blue Painter’s Tape

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