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how can you correct the orange peel effect?? if it can be repaired atall???



thanks.

id be tempted to just peel it like an orange that will get rid of the bit you are tempted to rip off the side of the car... leaves funky marks on the paintwork too so is uber cool

not going anywhere near it with that dog there!

At last, a use for a Ford.... turn it into a mirror for your dog?

ive used a for as an example as they are renound for the "orange peel" effect. and the distorted dog shows this well.

Sam..the dog ...is soft as S**t unless your the postman, or the mother in law...i tort him the second one. lol

WR1 Bro wrote:At last, a use for a Ford.... turn it into a mirror for your dog?

strictly speaking i suppose only the electric orange focus ST can be accused of having orange peel when its pain gets in that state...

Ford are actually one of the worst manufacturers for OP in recent years - definitely up there with BMW/Audi of late, although the jap cars aint far behind


Kev - Orange Peel can be removed by sanding it back and then polishing out the sanding haze BUT only if you know for sure the OP is in the top coat (laquer) and that you have enough paint or laquer to sand in the first place (this is where that paint gauge I used to go over your car last year comes in handy ).

Unfortunately with new cars it's not always clear whether its in the top coat or not so there's not much you can do about it. I've sanded orange peel out from a few panels on various cars but they have been re-sprayed panels where I've known for a fact that the OP was in the top coat

Besides Kev, wasn't it just your neigbours car

My rex used to have a little orange peel, A whole year of just polishing it by hand did the trick but just used polish
Hard work mate

The above post (Clark) is the correct and quickest way mate but please becarefull if you do, as you dont know how think the top coat is

Polishing it alone wont really remove Orange Peel effectively mate - sanding it is the only way.

You may be able to knock it back a tiny amount with a very hard compouding pad and aggressive compound via rotary polishing at high rpm's but there's no way your arms can replicate that!

Frequent polishing is certainly not recommended on a WR1 (or pretty much any scoob) as the paint is soft and thin. You should only initially polish it to correct any defects and then use non abrasive products (waxes,sealants etc) to then protect the finish which in turn will prevent you from needing to continually polish it

thanks clark... next time you do one could you do one of your famours threads on it??? as id love to see it done.

wayne.. i just used the next doors car as an example, and im not even going to attempt to do it. but i do find it intresting and something im trying to get into a little bit. everyone starts somewhere...