Wet Sandingg

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Nah, your still removing material when wet sanding. Just very minute amounts. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

oo..they told me at diyaudio.com that wet sanding polishes the surface with the particles that you take off (the wet sanded particles make like a polish with the water)...

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

I don't know about all that. You still need to buff after all the sanding is done. When I hear the term polishing in reference to finishing paint. To me It's the last step to remove all the little teeny tiny scratches that are left behind by the wet sanding.

 

[///M5 10+ year member]

Since the sand on the paper is harder than the paint it will indeed remove paint. Really light grit sandpaper (say like 4000+) is almost like buffing compound which has small granules to remove material as well--just not much of it. Of course the sandpaper has a lot more surface and therefore removes material quicker.