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  • #1

    buffing a car

    well today i buffed a friends black honda civic

    i used UC with a yellow pad on speed 5...before starting i noticed the car had hella swirls so nasty everywhere and a bunch of scratches.

    the swirls came off easy but those scratches would just not come off...
    example:
    on the rear quarter panel i couldnt feel scratches..so i kept trying with moderate pressure..even alot of pressure...eventually it came to the point where i could feel the scratch..i thought if u cant feel it at first then its removable?but later after more section passes i could feel them.

    also some scratches i could not feel one bit but i could not take them off for nothing...and this paint is very soft...if i tried to feel if i can feel a scratch with my nail it would result in another tiny scratch made by my fingernail

    but yet i couldnt remove the scratches...anyways i just did wat i could i removed all the swirls and maybe 40% of the scratches...even after i was done i was finally removing the wax and i saw i made a few swirls with the microfiber towel..and i was wiping it very slow and gentle just like if it was my own car
    Don't get so caught up making a living that you forget to make a life.

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    Re: buffing a car

    anyone ever had this prob?

    i finished with a finishing pad with 205

    followed by wax by hand with nxt and the pad it provides since i was out of finishing pads
    Don't get so caught up making a living that you forget to make a life.

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    • #3
      Re: buffing a car

      Some scratches that you cannot feel are hard to get out even with a rotary. Speed is one of the limits of DA.

      You said you were able to instill scratches by touching the paint lightly with your fingernail. Are you sure the scratches you weren't able to remove weren't just being replaced? Did you make absolute sure (pictures) these were the same scratches you were looking at previously? How big of an area did you work at a time? Did you try a less aggressive method first?

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      • #4
        Re: buffing a car

        Originally posted by dc2_ View Post
        well today i buffed a friends black honda civic

        i used UC with a yellow pad on speed 5...before starting i noticed the car had hella swirls so nasty everywhere and a bunch of scratches.

        the swirls came off easy but those scratches would just not come off...
        example:
        on the rear quarter panel i couldnt feel scratches..so i kept trying with moderate pressure..even alot of pressure...eventually it came to the point where i could feel the scratch..i thought if u cant feel it at first then its removable?but later after more section passes i could feel them.

        also some scratches i could not feel one bit but i could not take them off for nothing...and this paint is very soft...if i tried to feel if i can feel a scratch with my nail it would result in another tiny scratch made by my fingernail

        but yet i couldnt remove the scratches...anyways i just did wat i could i removed all the swirls and maybe 40% of the scratches...even after i was done i was finally removing the wax and i saw i made a few swirls with the microfiber towel..and i was wiping it very slow and gentle just like if it was my own car

        dc2, Hondas are well known for having soft paint. The best results I have had is 205 or 80 with a lite hand touch. Make sure your pads are as clean as they can be. Good luck!
        Sleepy

        Love the Classics!

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        • #5
          Re: buffing a car

          It's very strange that you could not feel the scratches at first but could after some buffing. That's a tough one to explain!

          Your comments about this being very soft paint and therefore you're a bit surprised that all the defects didn't come out easily is a great example of why we prefer the term "delicate" rather than "soft". As you discovered, it was easy to mar the paint even with a microfiber towel - which tells us it's delicate stuff. Yet, evidenced by your fairly aggressive buffing process, it's not necessarily that easy to pull out all the severe defects. We would assume that it's pretty easy to haze this paint, however, as we've seen similar cases with some Honda paints.
          Michael Stoops
          Senior Global Product & Training Specialist | Meguiar's Inc.

          Remember, this hobby is supposed to be your therapy, not the reason you need therapy.

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          • #6
            Re: buffing a car

            yeah im pretty sure the scratches werent being replaced...i was working in a small area just like they show in the training videos...i dont think a less aggresive method would work?maybe these scratches were just not removable
            Don't get so caught up making a living that you forget to make a life.

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            • #7
              Re: buffing a car

              so i took a look at the car again today

              it looks way better...just has some deep scratches and some on the hood that dont look so deep but i couldnt remove
              Don't get so caught up making a living that you forget to make a life.

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