I want to learn how to wet sand. I know nothing about it. I want to start off with something small like my intake tubing, and then get up to my ECO cam cover.
1. Where do I look for information on this?
2. What materials do I need?
3. Where can I get the materials?
Please Help!
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3M makes good wet&dry sandpaper, use a fine grain say 2000 or 1500 unless you have deep scratchs to remove, after sanding you will have to polish the piece.best advise start with a piece you won´t need and experiment with it.
firstcar24 wrote:I want to learn how to wet sand. I know nothing about it. I want to start off with something small like my intake tubing, and then get up to my ECO cam cover.
1. Where do I look for information on this?
2. What materials do I need?
3. Where can I get the materials?
Please Help!
1 - no need to look for info. wet sanding is exactly what it sounds like. sanding something while its wet. some wet the surface to sand, some wet the sandpaper and sand. either method will work. try them both and see what u prefer.
2 - materials would be wet/dry sandpaper in various grits, a bucket of water or a spray bottle of water
3 - u can get them at any auto store, auto body supply, home depot, lowes, etc etc etc
i agree with trying which technique u prefer on pieces that u dont really care about
Wet sanding is typically used to color sand or finish sand a piece. If you want to polish something, use a heavier grit first to get the pits out, then work your way up to 2000 grit.
In addition to what Eazy said, I always find it better to put a couple drops of dish soap in the water. The goal of wet sanding is not to remove material but to smooth it out.
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^^^my buddy swears by dish soap in the water. i use it once in a while for softer surfaces, but never hurts regardless of the surface
What would be a good grit to start out with? and what incriments should i go up by? I am going to experiment with my intake piping and then try my cam cover. Can I wet sand carbon fiber?
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if u wetsand cf, i would start real high like 100 or so IMO
the intake and cam cover, it depends. r u trying to polish it? or are they painted?
Polished, I want that mirror look.
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Fallen Angel wrote:Joey Baggs (Eazy716) wrote:if u wetsand cf, i would start real high like 100 or so IMO
the intake and cam cover, it depends. r u trying to polish it? or are they painted?
Did you mean 1000? 
I hope you did lol
i did mean 1000, lol.....sorry bout that
100 grit on cf would be a BAD thing!!
