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Offline Big Tone

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What grade wet and dry?
« on: 15 April 2011, 16:35 »
Am I right in saying 4000 grade LIGHTLY over the area touched up?
This is then to be rotary polished with
Megs 84 then 80.

where can I get this?
I can get 1200 grade easy but feel its abit coarse
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Re: What grade wet and dry?
« Reply #1 on: 17 April 2011, 15:21 »
I was use 1200 to cut down then 1500 then 2000 before compound.
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Re: What grade wet and dry?
« Reply #2 on: 17 April 2011, 15:30 »
I would say 1200 is a bit coarse but thats just me. Start high and work down if its no good, and then work back up. At the end of the day, you dont wanna completely f**k it up! Trust your instinct, if you think your going too deep and it wont polish out with coarser paper, you probably are!  :wink: :smiley:
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Re: What grade wet and dry?
« Reply #3 on: 17 April 2011, 15:34 »
1200 will be fine just to cut down the initial bulk but I wouldn't use 1200 for normal scratches etc and I wouldn't want to polish anything more coarse then 1800-2000 scratches  :smiley:
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Offline Big Tone

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Re: What grade wet and dry?
« Reply #4 on: 17 April 2011, 16:12 »
Cheers all,

going to purchase some 2000, 3000 and 4000 if I can.

Do you know where I can get it? is it internet only?
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Re: What grade wet and dry?
« Reply #5 on: 17 April 2011, 18:34 »
Quote from: Big Tone on 17 April 2011, 16:12
Cheers all,

going to purchase some 2000, 3000 and 4000 if I can.

Do you know where I can get it? is it internet only?

you can get up to 3000 here

http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/polish-accessories.php?cPath=21_60_63&&page=3
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Re: What grade wet and dry?
« Reply #6 on: 19 April 2011, 11:53 »
I wouldnt bother with 4000 tbh mate as thats so fine a compound would be better..
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Re: What grade wet and dry?
« Reply #7 on: 19 April 2011, 15:27 »
Quote from: tech1889 on 19 April 2011, 11:53
I wouldnt bother with 4000 tbh mate as thats so fine a compound would be better..

Nice one, will give it a crack this weekend!
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Re: What grade wet and dry?
« Reply #8 on: 27 April 2011, 19:44 »
We stock 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, and 3000  :smiley:
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