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Originally Posted by 5280Hawk
Man, it takes a lot of buffing.
I have a rotatry orbital buffer, and it's taking forever to get the paint to shine. I started with the Turtle wax buffing compound (red label), then went to the polishing compound (green label) It's shining up but it's taking forever.
At this rate it MIGHT be done by spring.  |
To make the job quicker use a more aggressive compound. For the first step after color sanding I like Meguiar's Diamond Cut Compound 2.0, it makes quick work of it. Use it to knock out most of the dullness, then move to a finer compound.
The good thing about the "normal parts store" compounds is that they aren't very aggressive, so it's harder to mess up and take too much paint off. The bad part is that they aren't very aggressive, so it takes a lot more work! When you move to more aggressive "professional" compounds, you have to be much more careful around edges, ridges, etc. It's much easer to remove too much or all of the paint in those areas, but they are much faster in large flat areas.
meguiars.com: E-Store /Professional (Mirror Glaze Brand)>Auto Paint Care>Paint Cleaners/Compounds
They also have a good forum;
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