Orange peel...
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,538
Likes: 9
From: Pasadena, CA
Orange peel...
I'm aware orange peel is pretty common on all factory paint, but it's really bad on Vette's. I had a body man go look at the 04 z06 before I bought it to make sure there was no paintwork. One of many things he looked for was to make sure the factory orange peel was consistent on all panels.
Any way I can lessen the orange peel?
Any way I can lessen the orange peel?
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,735
Likes: 14
From: Visalia CA
Safety Car
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 3,725
Likes: 53
From: Warrington Pa.
Find a good body shop and have them wet sand and buff,that will not take it all out but will help, or wet sand and re-clear coat. From what I understand painting fiberglass with the new paints, the orange peel is common...
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,640
Likes: 83
From: . New York
You may want to think about that before you take the orange peel out.
I have a black one, so I hear ya, I've been looking into getting the car wet sanded or recleared (but the reclearing is as expensive as a paint job).
Most of the body guys I've spoken to have talked me out of it. The surface will be glass smooth, but, if a fly lands on it it will scratch. If you wipe it, it will scratch . . .you get the point.
My car looks pretty good, but I wanted to start fresh (I bought it used) without any swirls, marks, whatever.
In discussing it with the body guys, they pretty much convinced me that a little orange peel is way easier to maintain than none.
Just a thought.
I have a black one, so I hear ya, I've been looking into getting the car wet sanded or recleared (but the reclearing is as expensive as a paint job).
Most of the body guys I've spoken to have talked me out of it. The surface will be glass smooth, but, if a fly lands on it it will scratch. If you wipe it, it will scratch . . .you get the point.
My car looks pretty good, but I wanted to start fresh (I bought it used) without any swirls, marks, whatever.
In discussing it with the body guys, they pretty much convinced me that a little orange peel is way easier to maintain than none.
Just a thought.
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,640
Likes: 83
From: . New York
Then you're lucky 
If you take care of the finish (wax it, claybar once in a while) you can get it to the point where you cant see any orange peel on the hood, roof, tops of the fenders. You usualy can see some if you look down the sides (like from front to back).
I guess it varies from car to car and from color to color. Lighter colors (silver/white) much easier to maintain, darker colors (dark blues/deep reds) will show any blemish (including orangepeel) more. Black......thats like a religion.
If you take care of the finish (wax it, claybar once in a while) you can get it to the point where you cant see any orange peel on the hood, roof, tops of the fenders. You usualy can see some if you look down the sides (like from front to back).
I guess it varies from car to car and from color to color. Lighter colors (silver/white) much easier to maintain, darker colors (dark blues/deep reds) will show any blemish (including orangepeel) more. Black......thats like a religion.
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,538
Likes: 9
From: Pasadena, CA
You may want to think about that before you take the orange peel out.
I have a black one, so I hear ya, I've been looking into getting the car wet sanded or recleared (but the reclearing is as expensive as a paint job).
Most of the body guys I've spoken to have talked me out of it. The surface will be glass smooth, but, if a fly lands on it it will scratch. If you wipe it, it will scratch . . .you get the point.
My car looks pretty good, but I wanted to start fresh (I bought it used) without any swirls, marks, whatever.
In discussing it with the body guys, they pretty much convinced me that a little orange peel is way easier to maintain than none.
Just a thought.
I have a black one, so I hear ya, I've been looking into getting the car wet sanded or recleared (but the reclearing is as expensive as a paint job).
Most of the body guys I've spoken to have talked me out of it. The surface will be glass smooth, but, if a fly lands on it it will scratch. If you wipe it, it will scratch . . .you get the point.
My car looks pretty good, but I wanted to start fresh (I bought it used) without any swirls, marks, whatever.
In discussing it with the body guys, they pretty much convinced me that a little orange peel is way easier to maintain than none.
Just a thought.
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 19,802
Likes: 0
From: San Antonio Texas
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'08
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Revolutionary 'Corvette Firsts' Most People Don't Know
Joe Kucinski
5 Reasons to Upgrade to an LS6-Powered Corvette; 5 Reasons to Stay LT2
Michael S. Palmer
2027 Corvette vs The World: Every C8 vs Its Closest Competitor
Joe Kucinski
10 Most Common Corvette Problems of the Last 20 Years!
Joe Kucinski
5 MOST and 5 LEAST Popular Corvette Model Years in History!
Joe Kucinski