The finish has small nubs in it similar to the peel of an orange. Some is okay, but too much, and the light doesn't refract properly, giving a somewhat dull finish.
If you've watched any of the custom builder shows, you hear them use the term "color sanding". This is sanding the finish to remove the orange peel, bringing about a smooth as glass finish. Time consuming process.
From what I hear it is from the paint robots, since it is not color sanded between that coat and the clearcoat. Just a sacrifice that has to be made when not doing by hand.
It's a case of that final polishing that is not available to a mass production vehicle. If you saw a paint shop job, you would know what it really looks like prior to polishing. I find the paint jobs as they are delivered to be quite nice, and wonder how they are able to deliver the shine that they do considering they are applied by a robot.
It's a case of that final polishing that is not available to a mass production vehicle. If you saw a paint shop job, you would know what it really looks like prior to polishing. I find the paint jobs as they are delivered to be quite nice, and wonder how they are able to deliver the shine that they do considering they are applied by a robot.
Hello, I used to paint custom cars and it is possible to paint without requiring a sand in between coats but it is highly variable depending on the area of the panel your painting. You must apply many passes over each area until the paint is thick enough so the surface tension can pull the irregularities out of the paint surface. This is extremely difficult where there are edges and creases that collect paint faster. You spend a split second too long on an area and it runs. The programming of a robot to have this kind of finesse is the difference between smooth and glossy and dull and orange peely. It’s far better to have a little orange peel than risk runs any day though.
May nice cars have orange peel, the only car i have seen with out it is my friends that he hand painted and wet sand the dang thing many times, but because it is being done by a robot its almost impossible to not get some orange peel
Oh man don't tell me that, I thought they had it all sorted out for the production WK2's. I saw some early ones that had rough paint but I hoped the would get better.