Acura paint tolerance for wet-sanding orange peel

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06-01-2010, 01:17 PM

ReD-BaRoN

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Acura paint tolerance for wet-sanding orange peel

The orange peel on my NBP '07 TL-S is bad. I hate it. It's all factory paint/clear. I don't have a paint thickness gauge, and can't justify the cost for just my car (i.e. I'm not a professional detailer).

Does anyone have a good feel how thick the factory clear is on 3rd gen Acuras, or Acuras in general?

Has anyone tried wetsanding to remove orange peel on an Acura?

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06-01-2010, 07:32 PM

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Acura (and Honda) paint in general is pretty thin and VERY soft. Also, it's not recommended to wet-sand OEM paint but I can totally understand where you're coming from. Orange peel is a total bitch.

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06-01-2010, 11:41 PM

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Do not wetsand it, especially the thin OEM finish. It's not worth it for the repaint if you accidentally rub too much off on one corner.

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06-02-2010, 01:06 AM

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I also hate the OEM orange peel but it is difficult to tell if your paint is worse than ours without some pics. Post some pics of your paint, preferably a 3/4 view from the rear to see the reflection on the side of your car. Although the OEM finish has some orange peel it still polishes out very nice.