Originally Posted by MPerson
I have Orange Peel from a bad clear coat covering from a paintjob, when I wash my car and have the water fill in the minor holes, it looks so nice :happysad:. But the orange peel comes back after. Well I haven't waxed it, but I got a question, would wax fill in those divets and create a level surface so it'll be a mirror shine?
Wax would not. A shiner surface makes orange peal and dings more noticable. This is why many people paint cars that are dinged and don't want to take the time to get the dings out white, or a lighter color.
Wetsanding is really the only way, short of a repaint. I wouldn't recomend wet sanding unless you know the thickness of the paint, and thickness of the clearcoat. If you go through the clear coat, then the paint is screwed. If it's a bad paint job, chances are the paint isn't thick at all. Or it's too thick to even bother. OR it doesn't even have a clear coat.