I picked up my 92 SC3 about a month ago now and haven't had the money yet to do any modding but it's black and it wasn't in the best of shape so I picked up some sandpaper and brought out the buffer. Take a look









I only did the pass fender and door but I'm going to start working on the rest of the car as well. In the last pic you can see the difference between the orange peel and spiderwebs and the new glass smooth polished finished.
Started with some 1000grit, then went to 1500, finished it off with 2000 and 3m rubbing compound with Meguiars NXT 2.0 wax. Look pretty much like new now or better

 

Looks great! You did a great job =D

 

very nice. buffing a black car is no easy task. much improved!

 

Wow nice improvement! Looks like a hella nice job! Props!

 

Wow! That's impressive! How long did take you to do that? I need to wetsand my rear bumper on my black SC.

 

Thanks guys. I think it took me about 2 hours to do it by hand not getting in any kind of hurry about it. You try and rush black and you're asking for problems. I'll follow up with more pics once I do more of the car

 

I see. I plan to take my time and do it by hand. Your car looks great and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the car done.

 

whats your sanding technique? back and forth? up and down? both?

 

wow looks good

 

Wow great work!!! That made a world of difference.

 

I went front to back. I used a regular 3m sanding block because I couldn't find a foam sanding pad. It's important to have some flat and uniform to make sure everything stays smooth. Only time I changed my pattern was for the edges like the front of the door. I went up and down for those so I wouldn't hit an edge

 

SWEET !!! Now that I know how to do this I will try...

Thank you

 

does this remove the clear?

 

It doesn't remove alot if you do it right and don't use anything rougher than 1000grit. It's mostly evening out all the imperfections

Think of your clearcoat kindof like this ~~~~~~~~~
Sanding and buffing makes it like this ______________

 

^^ good to know, thanks