Buffing and polishing
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Burning Brakes
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From: Syracuse IN
Buffing and polishing
I am asking what others use to buff and polish there Vettes? I am Extreamly familiar with buffing Gel coat on Boats but not so much for paint on cars. I have several buffers, all heavy duty. The Milwakee buffers will be too much. I have a couple light weight Makita variable speed, one utilizing a Dual action head. For Gel coat we use wool pads, these are far too agreesive for paint though. I was thinking of a synthetic pad or maybe foam pads. What about compound? I have a variety of 3m products. The paint is not bad on the car, but I would like to buff and polish. Suggestions are welcome. thanks Al
Drifting
Joined: May 2002
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From: Sacramento California
Check out this website, there is a collection of videos on all aspects of buffing, paint correction, metal polishing, and so on....
http://www.adamspolishes.com/t-videos.aspx
BTW, I use a PC dual action with foam pads and Adams products.
http://www.adamspolishes.com/t-videos.aspx
BTW, I use a PC dual action with foam pads and Adams products.
Race Director
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From: Scottsdale Arizona
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: JOPPA MD
The CF has a forum already dedicated to this topic....check it out!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/car-care-discussion-10/
If, that doesn't do it for you....try checking out JUNKMAN 2000 videos about the use of the Porter Cable....you should be able to link up with him through the Adams site.
Stay in tune....
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/car-care-discussion-10/
If, that doesn't do it for you....try checking out JUNKMAN 2000 videos about the use of the Porter Cable....you should be able to link up with him through the Adams site.
Stay in tune....
Last edited by GREGG-73; Feb 24, 2011 at 05:00 PM.
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Drifting
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From: Miami FL
Being that you are a boat guy...you might be familiar with Rejex which is/was for boats. There are a lot of guys on the C5 & C6 forums that swear by this stuff. I use it on my boat and it lasts forever but never heard of it on the vette till the other day.
Safety Car
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From: WI
I use 3M paint buffing products:
- Course Wool pad (for 1st stage buffing wet-sanded paint, and Perfect-It course compound)
- Medium wool pad (for 2nd stage buffing, and Perfect-It compound)
- Foam Pad (for final polishing and removing swirl marks - using Perfect It II foam pad compound) Also use this for just sprucing up a previously buffed paint job.
Burning through paint is not a big factor if you are using a medium wool pad or foam pad. Use care though. I also use a Makita rotary buffer. Not my favorite buffer though.
Mark G
- Course Wool pad (for 1st stage buffing wet-sanded paint, and Perfect-It course compound)
- Medium wool pad (for 2nd stage buffing, and Perfect-It compound)
- Foam Pad (for final polishing and removing swirl marks - using Perfect It II foam pad compound) Also use this for just sprucing up a previously buffed paint job.
Burning through paint is not a big factor if you are using a medium wool pad or foam pad. Use care though. I also use a Makita rotary buffer. Not my favorite buffer though.
Mark G
