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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 08:30 PM
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Polished my Formula's tailights....came out great...pics...

Well thanx to all the great info i got from everyone..i got my ploshing compound in and got some buffing wheels to do the job. Man i cant get over what a difference it made...major improvement. Thanks everyone.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 08:31 PM
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 08:32 PM
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 08:33 PM
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nice. that's on my list to do for the summer. That really looks incredible!
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 09:23 PM
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is that the stuff that comes in the red can? it looks good. i wanna do it to mine.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 09:24 PM
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What polishing compound did you use? Did you use an electric or air polisher?
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 09:50 PM
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did you use a hard buff or......?
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 10:14 PM
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i used Eastwood buffing compound for plastics. For buffing wheels i used a 6" canton style 6" flanel and a 6" loose style. Then after that i put a coat of blue magic on them....and wow what a shine. I started to use the mothers but i noticed that it started to leave a haze so i switched and it madea big difference. Mothers is still a good product though. I did all 3 pieces in about an hour and a half. I did them all on a bench-top grinder 1 speed. I just made sure not to melt the tailights. All in all it was a mojor improvement and i highly approve of doing it.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 10:48 PM
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good work...they look like mine, same compound from the same company.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 10:59 PM
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sweeet, I know what my next project is, I thought mine were pretty shiny but now I know better, LOL Your lights put mine to shame.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 11:13 PM
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that looks great... i'm gunna try it tomorrow
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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 09:32 AM
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thanx guys for the compliments. Thanks agian josh for all the tips and steps that you did. Worked out perfect.
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