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Paint question

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Ok, I finally have painted my Sub, after it being stripped about 5 years ago. I did the body work then, a few dents and a new door, and had it to bare steel. I then got tired of it and mud it, drove it, left it in a lake for 6 weeks until we could extract it (horror story on its own. ) and blah blah. Well I got tired of lookin at it this week and resanded it, primed it and painted it. This all had to be done outside, as the garage takes entirely to much to mask off and way to much stuff in here isn't mine, so anyways I used gloss enamel red, generic color and laid it down 6 times, anyways after it dried it looked perfect other than a run or two, and roughish to the touch so I proceeded to sand it with 400, 800 and 1000, this got all the bugs and leaves plus any other imperfections out of it, and it looks sexy but now the panels I have sanded are a almost pinkish color, which I'm not a huge fan of..... Is there a process to retrieve the gloss, such as buffing maybe? Thanks and I'm aware of the other body/paint threads but I'm on my phone and not near a computer so yea, this is slightly easier for me.
 
ummm, thats what you do after 1000 grit, it needs to be buffed..
 
That's what I was hoping and figured. Same as sanding I assume correct? A harsher compound working to the finest compound, then clear and repeat all over again? Thanks btw
 
i don't know what the paint is, but yeah, ya start with a compound.. orange lacquer compound being the grittiest, most aggressive, and white clearcoat compounds being milder... 3M's super duty is the most common orange compound...

than follow it up with some polish or glaze to remove the swirls, like Finesse it..
 
That's what I was hoping and figured. Same as sanding I assume correct? A harsher compound working to the finest compound, then clear and repeat all over again? Thanks btw

you dont buff before you clear, if you buff it smooth the clear wont stick right. The clear should take the pink away and bring out the red
 
you shouldn't have to clear... this is single stage... buff to shine, done...
 

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