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Old 07-23-2007, 12:13 AM
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Orange peel is a fact of life with any factory finish. Some cars have more than others, some colours show it more than others, and it will show up more on some parts of your car than other parts, but it's always there.

You can't get rid of it with waxes or sealants, because the maximum thickness of material that waxes and sealants leave behind isn't thick enough to "level out" the factory clearcoat.

The only way to get rid of it is to wet-sand the paint, and then buff/polish it back to a shine. I don't recommend it for a daily-driver, because you're going to be removing a significant portion of your clearcoat. Also, unless you have some experience with wet-sanding, and a lot of patience, the odds of successfully wet-sanding your entire car without messing up *somewhere* and going all the way through the clearcoat are just about zero.

You *could* have a good body shop apply another layer of clearcoat to your car, and then have them wetsand and polish it out. This would leave you with the same (or greater) clearcoat thickness than you started with, but it can be expensive, and they have to make sure the paint is *absolutely* clean before applying the new clear. Any leftover wax in a crevice, or traces of silicone-based dressing anywhere on the paint, will cause adhesion/flow problems in the new clear.
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