wet sanding? Or, just buff

[OrangeCrush]

Thanks for the detailed info!!! Now, do you know if this will look like a showroom finish when this is done? And, do you know anyone here in Chicago that is reputable?

Not a problem. This process will give it a showroom finish for sure. It won't make it a show car... meaning, it will still have orange peel from the factory.

If you're trying to make it look like a show car, you will need to refinish the entire vehicle. It's not that you can't wetsand and buff the clear to make it slick but a) there's not an overly large amount of clear on a factory paintjob (4 mils) and b)with the difficulty of the body on an H2, it'll be extremely difficult to slick it out without taking it apart.

Sorry, don't know anything about Chicago but here's my suggestion.

First, find an independent shop, not a dealership. Dealerships don't historically have the best reputation because they're like mills, "get it in, get it out"

Secondly, I would find a shop that is word of mouth. My shop is word of mouth and referalls only. That's what you are looking for.

When a customer comes into our shop, they're doing US a favor, not the other way around, they are choosing to spend their money at my shop. Too many shops think they are doing the customer a favor by working on their vehicle.

As I mentioned in another post, I had a customer show up at my house the night before last at 4am. He drove down from Maryland to North Carolina just for us to paint his hood on his Corvette. Again, word of mouth.

HTH's,

Mark