Although I appreciate your input to Lupe on this, rest assured that I know what I'm talking about when I give him advice on paint work. I did tell him to take it to a
good detail shop because his painter is no longer in business. And from my experience of working in the auto collision repair industry since 1995, and have done custom painting since 1979, I can assure you that any reputable "paint & body shop" that is a large production shop (meaning they handle a very high volume of collision repair) does not have the time for a "nuisance job" such as wet sanding and polishing a paint job that was done by another facility. when people come to our shop needing something in the line of touch up, or buffing, we send them to a good reputable detail shop that specializes in such type of work.
And FYI, if your finish guy stopped his process at 3500 grit, fine wet sand, he stopped well short of the industry standard of taking it all the way up to 5000 grit, super fine, finishing & finesse final sand & polish. Not to take away from the fact that your truck and bike look fantastic per your photos. much respect to you on those!
Nor trying to pick a fight Sir, just thought Ineeded to clarify since you thought it necessary to correct my advice to Lupe
Lupe, trust me that you will find it much easier to find a good reputable detail shop that can perform the work you need, before any descent paint & body shop will be willing to do so............ I stand by my advice
I don't know at what grade sandpaper he finished. I recall stopping by one day and he was using the 3500 grit so with the deep mirror finish I have on my truck, I suspect that he did use the 5000 to finish.
I suspect that detail shops in your neck of the woods are significantly different than those in mine. Plus, we have quite a few small paint and body shops around here that would do finish buffing for cars like Lupe's. Just a difference in local reference I suspect. And I absolutely do not think you are trying to pick a fight fight. We're just trading opinions and recommendations, yours with obviously much more background than mine.