Hi,
I brushed on 4 coats of Superclear 9000 and let it cure for six days prior to trying to rub it out to a high gloss. I'm using the Micro-mesh abrasive paper to do the final sanding and polishing, I'm going for a mirror finish on my raised panel doors for our kitchen cabinets. All I am finishing with is the Superclear, no stain or anything else.
The problem is I'm getting slight orange peel after going through the Micro-Mesh sequence up to their 12,000 grit. I'm thinking either I am sanding too much or maybe 4 coats is not enough. I did dilute the SC by maybe 10 to 20 percent with water to cut down on the brush strokes but the coats went on a bit heavy so I though I had enough on there. I am wondering though, since I have covered the panels with nothing other than super clear, and diluted it, maybe I need 5 or 6 coats?
It almost seems, on close inspection, that even though the high spots are very glossy after the final sanding, that the low spots are unfilled or only partially filled grain and maybe I need one or two more (undiluted) coats to fill the grain, maybe I should not dilute it and just lay it on wait another week and try sanding again...
Because the orange peel seems to follow the grain, and is not random but the low spots are in the grain, are very small, elongated, and go along with the grain, not in a random pattern...
The very small amount of the orange peel gives a satin finish but not the mirror finish I am trying for.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated...