Dampsanding with 3" Griot's Garage Mini Polisher

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Dampsanding with 3" Griot's Garage Mini Polisher


Dampsanding
This is a match made in car detailing heaven. This mini dual action polisher works flawlessly as a 3" dampsander. It makes sanding close to edges safe and easy. It makes sanding small thin panels faster and easier.

With this combination of polisher and 3" sanding disc with an interface pad for conforming to the shape of the panel you can quickly and easily sand out a minor or small defect with surgical precision in an isolated area with only a small footprint.


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Removing Sanding Marks
The Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher is also able to rotate the Meguiar's microfiber discs. This is a 3" microfiber cutting disc removing #3000 Unigrit dampsanding marks.

It works but it's so much faster and effective to learn how to use a rotary buffer if you're going to sand down and buff out an entire car. If you're just doing spot repair then it's doable.

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on Autogeek.net



Meguiars Unigrit 3 Inch Finishing Discs



I can't recommend enough getting the Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher


Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher

Note: Make sure you get a couple of 3" Interface Pads you want this for contours and curved panels.
 
I've got a few pictures of the guys from our Advanced Class using these all over the place last Sunday. I had 4 of these 3" Mini Polishers out and set up to dampsand and they were always in use.

I'll try to get some pics posted...



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Does the new version of the 3" polisher have the same problems as the old one? I've been thinking about getting one, I've just read bad things about the old ones. and that finish came out great.
 
For about a year I've wanted one but because of some negative reviews I held out... well after actually putting my hands on one and using it to polish and wetsand in the Detailing Classes, I now have one:)
 
A few more shots of the 3" Griot's Garage Mini Polisher being used to dampsand...

Orange peel and mottling near the front of the roof line...
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Close-up...
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Sanded with #1500 in this picture, follow up was #3000
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Compounded...
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Not perfect but getting there...
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Used the PC with 6" sanding disc for the major portion of the roof and rear quarter
panel. About 90% of the orange peel was sanded off so I snagged another 5% to 6%
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Will get the other side of the roof tomorrow...
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im so jealous. Wetsanding to remove orange peel and then buffing to a show car finish is my number one thing i enjoy the most. Especially on black paint, when black paint has no orange peel, it just looks so gorgeous. Im sure all the students had a blast working on this, Awesome work Mike! :dblthumb2:
 
i wish i was in that class but its not near me and i dont have the money. im so jealous i wish i was there learning cause my car needs all that pampering.
 
sohail99 said:
Nice! but isn't that a bit too close to an edge?

I usually hand sand areas near body lines, near trim pieces and sharp edges.
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It's no problem for this car. First there's a ton of clear on the paint and orange peel throughout including all the edges.

Comfort Level
The goal of the wetsanding class isn't to make everyone an expert at hand-sanding, machine sanding and using a rotary buffer, expertise comes from experience and time, this is a one day class. For some this was the first time they had ever done any type of sanding as well as doing heavy cutting with rotary buffer.

The goal of these classes is to bring each person's comfort level with the terminology, tools, products and techniques related to the wetsanding, cutting and buffing process. Any of the students that go through this class can leave and hold an intelligent conversation on the topic of hand sanding, machine sanding and using a rotary buffer. Whether this conversation is among car buddies or customers.

If they find themselves in a position where they need to do some hand sanding or machine sanding they know what's involved including the risks and the time it will take to go from start to finish.


:)
 
I've got one of those polishers. Works great but gets scary hot!
 
We always say to "work clean" when polishing and detailing. If you use the GG 3" DA for wet sanding wouldn't residue be left behind on the DA itself?

When I look at my palm sanders I see the sanding dust all over and it makes me wonder.
 
Twister said:
We always say to "work clean" when polishing and detailing. If you use the GG 3" DA for wet sanding wouldn't residue be left behind on the DA itself?
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The answer to your question is yes. You cannot sand without removing particles. Heck you cannot use a compound or polish without removing particles.

Remove the particles. That is wipe any residues off the paint after you finish a section. You can also clean your sanding discs a couple of ways, rinse them and wipe them, neither is perfect.

Still, if you do good work the paint comes out looking great...


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I'm back to compounding the GTO from our Advanced Class last Sunday, the team did a great job for their learning experience but since my name is associated with the buff-out I'm going over the entire car to make sure all the sanding marks are removed.

When I finish the compounding I'm going to machine polish it with the Pinnacle Swirl Remover by rotary and follow that with the Pinnacle Finishing Polish using the PC and then seal it so I can return the car tomorrow.

I'm posting pics to my Facebook page if anyone wants to watch the progress...


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I have Tapatalk on my phone but it's more time consuming to use it to post to the forum than it is to post a few pictures of the process to Facebook and this will probably take me the rest of the day to finish so time is of the essence.

Paint's coming out good, I just finished the trunk lid and rear bumper, had to compound portions of the rear bumper by hand. Moving on to the hood then I'll do 2 polishing steps to the hood, trunk lid, roof and b-pillars and then seal them and move onto the rest of the vertical panels.


Removing sanding marks by hand
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:)
 
I couldn't seem to find the backing plate, sanding disks used here in the write up both for the PC and 3" Griots. Any links to it Mike?
 
anson89 said:
I couldn't seem to find the backing plate, sanding disks used here in the write up both for the PC and 3" Griots. Any links to it Mike?
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Sorry for the late reply, I'm working about 95% on my first e-book and don't have much forum time.

In my article list which the link is in my Signature Line, there's section for articles under

Wetsanding - Dampsanding - Colorsanding Topics


And under this heading is an article called,


List of Sanding Discs at Autogeek.net

and you can find links to everything we carry for these procedures on Autogeek.net



Meguiars Unigrit 3 Inch Finishing Discs

I can't recommend enough getting the Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher


Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher

Note: Make sure you get a couple of 3" Interface Pads you want this for contours and curved panels.


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