Question for the paint guys on final wetsand

[iminaquagmire]

As the title states, I have a question about the final wetsand and buff I'll be doing on my bumper soon. I know the basic process but I was hoping somebody could chime in with maybe the best grits of paper and products.

When I did my tail lights, I sanded out the orange peel with 1500 and then sanded out those scratches with 2000. After that I used ScratchX to cut those and then did a final buff with some cleaner wax and then NXT wax. I planned on doing the same thing but have a DA now and know now of the existance of better cutting polishes and other products.

So will my previous method work just as well or are there better/faster result producing products I should be using?

[03txsilverado]

yes 1500 then 2000 should be plenty of sanding. (1200 if you have runs or heavy orange peel first) if you dont have a orbital buffer then use the da polisher and 3m perfect it to buff and 3m perfect it for the final polish, it will look great.

[lay low 87]

3M is good, but Farecla makes a great product. ive used their high solids compound and its great stuff. it will easily polish out 1500 and get halfway through the glaze step. for glaze i usually use this stuff called plum crazy, real nice.

this might help (http://www.tcpglobal.com/detailsupplydepot/dsd7.aspx)

[iminaquagmire]

Thanks for the suggestsions. I ended up sanding to 2000 and then using some Meguiars M83 for a test spot. Its still not as glossy as I would like though. Tomorrow I plan on finishing up with the 83 and then moving to 80. What is there after 80 that would work well for a final buff?