Mazda soul red (3 stage) paint orange peel

[Swirlophobia]

My Mazda 3’s paint is in great condition with next to none swirls or scratches and the car from a distance looks like a show car for anybody ,but for me when i get close the orange peel is way above average and just makes the paint not pay back the effort i do in protecting cleaning and sealing the paint.
According to the conditions i would like everyone to tell me if is it worth it wet sanding the paint and list any cons of doing so.

1> I don’t have a machine sander so only hand sanding
2> The paint is soft and on the thin side
3> It is a three stage paint from the factory
4> I have a rotary polisher, sonax cutmax, and sonax nano polish
5> The paint doesn’t have to be 100% orange peel free , i am good with little orange peel remaining (just not to kill the paint)

Any recommendations, warnings and important points are more than welcome


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[subyfan]

If you had a DA, then I would highly recommend 3M's trizact sanding discs (pretty foolproof, so long as you check your work frequently). I know that you can use CarPro's denim pads with a rotary to level orange peel, but I hear it is quite time consuming. I would make sure that you have enough clear coat to work with before doing anything. If you decide to go forward, it may be a good investment to get a solid starter DA (Porter Cable 7424xp or GG6), as I can tell you already spend time detailing/polishing.

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[Swirlophobia]

Where i live it’s pretty hard to find a 7424xp and we use 220 volts so hand sanding is the only option for now


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[WillSports3]

I own a Mazda 3 in deep crystal mica. My suggestion is to not sand at all and live with the orange peel. You'll burn through the top pigment layer pretty quickly.

 

[Rsurfer]

Where i live it’s pretty hard to find a 7424xp and we use 220 volts so hand sanding is the only option for now


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You can do it by hand, but you should not do it without a paint gauge.

 

[Larry A]

Leave it alone. I feel that factory paint is to thin to sand and buff.