Well, I’m committed now!

RogerRamRod said
I'm wondering how long until I decide to re-do my paint. I did all the metal work, but was a skardy cat about attempting to spray the paint. I wanted to do all the prep and blocking, but the spray guy said "no, no, no, I'll take care of that" and knowing that prep is the most important part of paint and I was told painters want to have control of the job, I said o-k.
He painted the car, and the paint looks great (at least to me), but I don't think he knows what a long board is. I believe he only hit it with a D/A. Before he came back to buff it, he called me and said he had a family issue and had to move back to the west coast.

Every time I see a wave somewhere, it gets my frustration back up.

Amen to using a long board (sanding block). I probably spend at least 100-200 hours block sanding filler and then high build primer on each and every paint job. I block filler lightly with 120, then 220. Then I spray 3 coats of Evercoat G2 (that's all I use). Then I apply black guide coat and block sand with 220, 320 and 400 dry paper using Dura Blocks. I really like the Indasa Sticky back sandpaper. I have used the 3M Gold paper for block sanding, but in my humble opinion, the Indasa works much better. If you want to check how straight a panel is, spray water on it. A wet panel will look like one that has shiny clear coat on it. When I am satisfied, I wet sand with 320 and then 400 and maybe 600. I stop at 400 for non-metallic paint and continue on to 600 for metallics. It is a lot of work, but it is necessary.