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Old 05-18-2008, 03:46 AM   #1
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What would I use to buff a Black car?

I wanna buff out my car to make it look somewhat decent, I have a Dewalt buffer & a restorer polish for oxidized cars, is their a certain way I should attempt this. I used an orbital buffer once about 4 years ago when I drove the car. Here is what she looks like as of now. Their is some rust on the roof so I'll becareful in that area.


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Re: What would I use to buff a Black car?

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Re: What would I use to buff a Black car?

Meguiars makes a 3 step polish. Works really well, just hurts the wallet... It also makes life easy when you get some scratch remover, it's a fortune, too, but it works great. An afternoon, a case of beer, and a buddy and it'll look like new..
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Re: What would I use to buff a Black car?

You are on the right track. What kind of "restorer polish" are you planning to use? It may not be aggressive enough unless you pair it with a stiff polish pad for the orbital. My car is red metallic and the hood had a bad case of oxidation. I used Meguires 83, then 80, then 7 glaze, and finally a good carnuba wax with progressively less aggressive pads on a Porter Cable DA. It worked great on my 91 TA. Don't know why it wouldn't work on your black finish.

Remember to go slowly and let the polishes work.
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Old 05-19-2008, 03:16 AM   #5
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Re: What would I use to buff a Black car?

What types of pads should I use, I only have the wool one ryte now.
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I prefer the foam buffing wheels, they come in different grits, and are fairly inexpensive..
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