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    Sprayed, wet sanded, and now looking to buff/polish

    Hey, im new to the fourms, and new to the whole buffing thing. Kind of a do it your selfer. Anyway, the car is a 74 vette (restoring) painted with black acrylic enamel with no clear coat. The car was sprayed with at least 10 coats (lost count, haha) and then wet sanded down from 1500 to 2000 with 3m paper, very fine scratches left.

    Now to the point, I was researching Meguiar's products for some buffing with a rotary. My plan was to....

    1. Hit it with m105 on a wool pad
    2. m205 and a light cutting pad
    3. Machine Glaze (m3 or item # mac 16) with a finishing pad
    4. Then waxing with m26

    I was wondering if this sounds like a plan? Please inform.

    -Thanks!
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    Re: Sprayed, wet sanded, and now looking to buff/polish

    Quite a project you have on your hands!

    Have you used a rotary buffer before? The reason I ask is that it can be difficult to finish down without holograms on some paints, especially when a very aggressive combination like M105 and wool is being used.

    Aside from that, I would plan on M105/wool, and then test out M205 with a yellow polishing pad. If that is sufficiently removing the defects left by M105 and the wool, continue with that.

    Then determine if it looks ready for wax or not, and you would likely be best continuing with M205 but with a finishing pad for a final pass before waxing.

    Just to note, M205 is an "ultra finishing polish," so combining it with a cutting pad sort of defeats the purpose of the product. If you find M205 and a polishing pad aren't strong enough to follow the M105, M86 and a polishing pad is likely your best bet.

    M86, also known as "So1o Cut and Polish cream" is a product that is intended for fresh paints and can even remove some sanding marks. It might be a good product to keep around for this job.

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      Re: Sprayed, wet sanded, and now looking to buff/polish

      Awsome info. Thanks for the response.

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        Re: Sprayed, wet sanded, and now looking to buff/polish

        I would not want to wax for at least 90 days after it was sprayed.
        And give the sanded paint 24-48 hrs to breath to allow the solvent time to escape prior to compounding.

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