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Re: New to me truck - will the paint polish?
You could probably knock that down to a lower lever or orange peel with some heavy compounding. But, I would start by wetsanding it and then compound, polish and then wax...
I wish I had some good before and after pictures. But, I bought a truck that had been painted by someone probably when it was too hot and the whole truck had the texture of sandpaper. I spent about 40 hours wetsanding and buffing it to a shine. I think I only sanded through in one body line above a wheel. Other than that, there was so much paint there wasn't much risk of sanding through. There were even areas that I didn't take the time to get to the bottom of the orange peel and just buffed what I had, but you could still see some small spots. For what the truck cost, I added lots of value for lots of work.
It was single stage paint and your paint also looks like single stage. You might ask the guys where you are taking the truck to get worked on if they know someone if you don't feel like tackling it yourself.
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