So you just dropped $65K..$85K..$200K on your dream automobile. Everything is perfect right? Take a good look at your paintjob. Look close..closer..do you see anything that looks funny? You look into your paint and expect to see nothing but a crisp clean reflection, however you see wavey, uneven reflections.

This is called "Orange Peel".

Description

Uneven surface formation - much like that of the skin of an orange - which results from poor coalescence of atomized paint droplets. Paint droplets dry out before they can flow out and level smoothly together.

Causes / Origin

1. Improper gun adjustment and techniques. (Too little air pressure, wide fan patterns or spraying at excessive gun distances causes droplets to become too dry during their travel time to the work surface and they remain as formed by gun nozzle.)

2. Extreme shop temperature. (When air temperature is too high, droplets lose more solvent and dry out before they can flow and level properly.)

3. Improper dry. (Gun fanning before paint droplets have a chance to flow together will cause orange peel.)

4. Improper flash or recoat time between coats. (If first coats of enamel are allowed to become too dry, solvent in the paint droplets of following coats will be absorbed into the first coat before proper flow is achieved.)

5. Wrong thinner or reducer. (Under-diluted paint or paint thinned with fast evaporating thinners or reducers causes the atomized droplets to become too dry before reaching the surface.) Too high viscosity.

6. Low shop temperature.Too little thinner or reducer.

7. Materials not uniformly mixed. (Many finishes are formulated with components that aid coalescence. If these are not properly mixed, orange peel will result.)

Solution

Compounding may help - a mild polishing compound for enamel, rubbing compound for lacquer. In extreme cases, color sand or wetsand the clearcoat down to a smooth surface.

• our Wet Sand / Color Sand process Takes your vehicle to the pinnacle of its appearance.
  
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Vehicles we have had the oportunity to do our Body Color Sand Treatment

1968 Mustang GT
	27 hr's Mask, Tape | Body Color Sand with 1500, 2000, 3000 grit 8 hr's Body Compounding 1.5 hr's Undercarrage Cleaning/Wax | Suspension Cleaning Wax Zaino Platinum Werkz Detail Treatment Full Interior Deep Clean with UV-Treatment Seats Deep Cleaned and Conditioned 5 Extra coats of polish applied Engine Show Quality Deep Clean & Protectant Treatment