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i put down the base color and the put down the switching pearl clear tribal flames. now i have finaly put down the clearcoat........ it has some dull spot in it but i know it whent down good........ i was told to buff the clear..... ok........ what do i use and how do i do it......... i need to know all the stuff to get the whole thing to be super glossy.......... please help.............. jeff

Here's the way I do it.I get a bucket of water with a few drops of liquid soap in it. I start with 1000 grit wet and dry paper and wet sand the area with a block. Use a sponge and wipe the area off as you sand. If you see see shiny spots on your area after wiping off, sand some more. then I switch to 1200 grit and do the same thing again. I then use 3m Rubbing compoung and buff with a foam compounding pad. After that I use polishing compound and a foam polishing pad.
The ideal is to use 1000 to get rid of the orange peel, 1200 to get rid of the 1000's scratches, rubbing compound to get rid of the 1200's scratches, polishing compound to get rid of the rubbing compound scratches.
Some people put masking tape on the edges to keep from rubbing thru.
Hope this helps.

I use 3M's trizac 3000 grit on a DA with a hint of water spritzed on the paper, run low speed .
then use 3M's compound and polish.
beings its lacquer it wont take much to sand through it, as its not as heavy body like the new High solid Acryilc Ureathane Clears.
Did you water sand it flat after 4 coats of clear then spray 3 more coats of clear again? as this helps on having NO paint edges from the stripes when sanded and buffed.

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