Can orange peel just occur or does it only occur at the time of the paint job? The reason I'm asking is that I used a DA with a white Lake Country and SwirlX on my plastic bumper and it looks like I have orange peel. I never noticed it before but that doesn't mean it didn't exist. I'm just wondering if I already had it and never realized or if I caused it. Thanks guys.
Cause(s) of orange peel?
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Mark Preus
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It only occurs when its painted. Alot of times when a car is fresh out of the booth it will look slick as glass. After a few hours or maybe even days as the paint is breathing out and drying the orange peel will start to show. But to answer your question no orange peel cannot just happen anytime or cause you did something to cause it
Mark Preus
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Alot of times you wont notice stuff until you start looking fo something wrong. I paint a part of a car alot of times and the customer will complain that it has orange peel. I tell them to look at the rest of the car and they say "oh I never really noticed". But when they are looking at what I did they are trying to find something wrong and thats why they noticed.
WRAPT C5Z06
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I would think it would be very hard to match the exact texture to the factory orange peel?
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I agree, if that can be done that's one heckuva skill.
WRAPT C5Z06
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Yeah. The texture of the paint and orange peel will always be different when re-painted. Someone who has good knowledge of repainting would be able to spot this.
Matt
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Also possible that before you polished, the paint wasn't shiny enough for the orange peel to stand out, now that it's been polished, it is more obvious because the clear coat is "clearer" (without as many "things" in it (sorry forgot the word I was thinking of)).
Mike Phillips
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Very insightful.
This is also why it's important to show any customer what you see as a detailer before you detail the car and even take a picture of the condition of the finish before you detail the car and that's because most people either don't see what your eyes will see or they won't remember how bad the condition of the paint was after you've undone all the damage.
For these very reasons, I once did a Reverse Test Spot just so I could show the customer how bad the paint was when he finally arrived to his store long after the grunt work was done.
The Reverse Test Spot
