cutting compound for 2 pack

[kevins]

I've painted the bonnet of our mx5 with solid colour 2 pack, it's a bit orange peely in places so I cut it back with 2000 grit wet and dry expecting to polish it up the same way I do cellulose, the G3 I have thuough doesent seem to touch it after going at it for ages with the power polisher the foam pad has taken no colour and the paint hasn't really shone up much at all, anyone any recomendations for a good cutting compound to use with solid colour 2 pack?

[vauxviva]

3M Fast Cut Plus Extreme should sort this

[tofufi]

I've always wet sanded with 2000 grit paper (and lots of water). This gets rid of orange peel (go careful on edges not to go through!).

Then once it's flat, you can polish with the G3 or similar.

[kevins]

Thanks'I've ordered some of the 3m stuff. My g3 is about 15 years old and brings up celly lovely, but didn't seem to touch this.

[automax]

Ive recently swapped from 3M to Cartec for future reference, very good stuff

[crockpot]

If your G3 is that old all the abrasive is probably solid in the bottom.

[kevins]

it worked fine on celly a couple of months ago but perhaps the more agressive abrasive has settled out, thinking back it probably was more agressive, I remember having to really carefull on celly years ago now I just plough in with no worries about going through.

[ChasR]

2000 is too fine. Do you have a shot of the orange peel?

If it were me, I'd start at 1200, and if the peel is awful, maybe even 800. I'd then work my way up to around 3000. With a 3M Trizact disc, and DA sander, I've got away with 1500 on orange peel, and brought it back well.

I'd then go two ways with the cutting compound

-3M Fast Cut Plus or Plus Extreme
-A good detailing compound. Meguiars 105 is old hat now but still good, but their new replacement of this is pretty good whatever it's no. is. The Zviwwer (sp?) stuff is exceptional. I'd be going for this personally. The problem is you may end up chasing the car around with this compound.

[kevins]

 The orange peel wasn't thst bad, this is it   after a quick going over with 2000 and the 3M cutting compound.





I probably could get it better  I noticed this morning it's now about the same finish as a new merc I parked next to, so it will probably do.