How do I get a bug out that landed on my freshly sprayed clearcoat? I heard that I should wait 5-7 days before buffing the clearcoat, is this correct? Any advise on which buffers, compounds, and/or foam or cloth pads I should get?

I hate bugs and fresh paint. Back in school when I painted mine cars ( yes my first one and I didn't know what I was doing at the time), I had a mesqito land in the center of the hood between the louvers. I thought, "man that sucks", so I was going to just pick him out later and color=sand/buff the spot out....but he started to crawl and I had to make him a permant part of my car by painting him IN smile.gif

Wait a few days for the paint to dry and to let the solvents exscape. Then see how bad a spot he made for ya.

sucks!

What BRAND and what paint system did you shoot the car with. Some clears can and should be sanded and buffed in 24 hours.. others are more forgiving and stay SOFT for a few days.

Example Dupont Premiere Clear gets like concrete after about 48 Hours..

I used an OMNI base and clear coat. The bug just stuck to the clear rather than it crawling around

Omni you got about a week. That stuff stays fresh for a good long time.
Meguiars is the ONLY buffing products out there IMO. Dont care for 3M buffing compounds what so ever, they are only good for holding the trash can down!!

Diamond cut 2.0 for the first go around then dual action cleaner, then a hand rubbing with speed glaze or #7 glaze

I would sand it first, about 24hrs later, then allow that OMNI some time to breathe. That stuff takes a long time to cure, you still have solvents coming out. If you sand OMNI and buff it right off the bat it can dull make at a later date cause the solvents are still coming up.
SO its best to sand it first then let it sit for about a day, then come back and buff. When you have it sanded you have opened up the pores in the clearcoat allowing those solvents to escape better

Thanks for the advise

I like to take a razor blade and scrape the area pretty flat and then finish up by wet sanding with 1500-2000 grit.

For color sanding I recommend Sure Finish polisihing compound first with a wool pad, followed by a sponge pad. Check out autobodystore.com for lots of great info.


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