Remove wax prior then sanding and compounding???

[rover]

This may be a stupid question but I need to lightly wet sand some areas of my hood and of course compound my hood. The hood has a fresh coat of polish and wax. Do I need to remove the polishes first before wet sanding and compounding? If I do not remove the polish and start compounding will my pad get loaded up with the polish and decrease the efficiency of the compound?

Basically do do I need to strip the polish and wax with some sort of chemical?

Thanks!!

 

[dlc95]

Yes.

 

[RMarkJr]

This may be a stupid question but I need to lightly wet sand some areas of my hood and of course compound my hood. The hood has a fresh coat of polish and wax. Do I need to remove the polishes first before wet sanding and compounding? If I do not remove the polish and start compounding will my pad get loaded up with the polish and decrease the efficiency of the compound?

Basically do do I need to strip the polish and wax with some sort of chemical?

Thanks!!

annnnd I am going to say no. Think about it .. if you can remove wax with clay or a light polish then what is it really going to do to sandpaper? Obviously will need to wash the car first or that spot. If you really wanted to you could use something like chemical guys clean slate to wash the car first and that is supposed to wash the wax off. But I would say not to worry about it and just sand with water.

also I dont think I have ever seen anyone remove wax before compounding here .. again if polish will remove it .. compound will absolutely remove it

 

[OCG Detailing]

You will always want to wash and clay the paint before any sanding, compounding or polishing. And it is super easy to strip the wax or polishing oil at wash or clay stage, isnt it?

 

[DBAILEY]

If it is just a few spots as stated and the protection sounds like it is still fresh, then wipe down those spots with some panel wipe (Kleen-strip Prep-all) a few times. Simple. No worries then and the surface will be clean for polishing and sanding.

If it is sufficient enough to clean the paint prior to painting, then should be good enough for your sanding and polishing.

 

[FUNX650]

I need to lightly wet sand
some areas of my hood...

Will this be you first serious
attempt at wet sanding?

Is this a BC/CC, or SS,
OEM paint-system that
you plan on wet-sanding?



Bob

 

[rover]

Will this be you first serious
attempt at wet sanding?

Is this a BC/CC, or SS,
OEM paint-system that
you plan on wet-sanding?



Bob

Sorry but but not sure what bc/cc or SS is. I do know that this part of the car was repainted hence the orange peel. I did already wet sand it and did a good correction but noticed that after I polished it I needed to do one more spot. I used a paint thickness gauge and the paint is averaging 165 microns.

Regarding stripping i will will purchase the product you mentioned. Thanks

 

[rover]

Thank you dbailey

 

[kevincwelch]

I'm going to say "no" as well.

I can't think of a logical reason why one would need to specifically remove a wax, sealant or coating before sanding. I think it's been fairly well demonstrated in several posts and informal experiments that Dawn, CG and whatever-you-want-to-use doesn't actually remove bonded wax or sealants, rather polishing does. (I know N914 is stated to be able to strip.)

A layer of wax is submicron. A layer of ceramic coating is a few microns at best...at best. Just about any grit sandpaper (wet or dry) is going to rip to shreds any bonded layer of wax. Practically speaking, I certainly wouldn't take the time to decontaminate a surface, strip, etc. and then wet sand.

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[GSKR]

This may be a stupid question but I need to lightly wet sand some areas of my hood and of course compound my hood. The hood has a fresh coat of polish and wax. Do I need to remove the polishes first before wet sanding and compounding? If I do not remove the polish and start compounding will my pad get loaded up with the polish and decrease the efficiency of the compound?

Basically do do I need to strip the polish and wax with some sort of chemical?

Thanks!!

No just start sanding.