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This was my first time using a rotary buffer (or any buffer for that matter) and i was quite scared, so i took it slow and was very cautious. I have provided links i randomly found off of google. if that is not allowed i will remove them.
First, let me describe its old condition. the car sat outside in direct sunlight for over a year, after being owned by someone who drove it through the salty roads of chicago for school. the paint was so bad i thought it would need a repaint, after stripping down to bare metal (there's places its been repainted 2x over original).
So what I did is, I went to sears and got a Milwaukee 9" rotary orbital buffer ($199.99 + Tax)(link), 3m perfect it fine cut rubbing compound(link), and meguiar's professional swirl remover 2.0(link), as well as some meguiars gold class wax. I also got a makita 11" wool cutting pad(link) and a 3m foam polishing pad(link )(ended up not using the foam). Total investment at this point is ~$260 with tax.
So here's a photo of the top of the roof AFTER i had just polished it by hand (cleaner, polish, wax) taking about 45 minutes. as you can see it is terrible even after hand cleaning(if photo doesn't show up, imagine a tomato that's still pink, with water spots, and zero gloss)
After rubbing compound:
Comparison
After shots:
Took her out of the garage today, added some more pics:
and my favorite
Conclusion: I feel if i used meguairs products solely (rubbing compound + polishing pads) i would have gotten a better end result. the swirl mark remover 2.0 is the best product out there as far as i'm concerned.
So my steps:
fine cut rubbing compound
#9 SMR polish
gold class wax
in a month or so when the wax has worn away i plan going back over it with the proper meguiars pad (i did all that with a WOOL pad) and some medium cut cleaner, show car glaze, and #26 wax. over all i am very impressed and i am in love with meguiars products and my new buffer
First, let me describe its old condition. the car sat outside in direct sunlight for over a year, after being owned by someone who drove it through the salty roads of chicago for school. the paint was so bad i thought it would need a repaint, after stripping down to bare metal (there's places its been repainted 2x over original).
So what I did is, I went to sears and got a Milwaukee 9" rotary orbital buffer ($199.99 + Tax)(link), 3m perfect it fine cut rubbing compound(link), and meguiar's professional swirl remover 2.0(link), as well as some meguiars gold class wax. I also got a makita 11" wool cutting pad(link) and a 3m foam polishing pad(link )(ended up not using the foam). Total investment at this point is ~$260 with tax.
So here's a photo of the top of the roof AFTER i had just polished it by hand (cleaner, polish, wax) taking about 45 minutes. as you can see it is terrible even after hand cleaning(if photo doesn't show up, imagine a tomato that's still pink, with water spots, and zero gloss)
After rubbing compound:
Comparison
After shots:
Took her out of the garage today, added some more pics:
and my favorite
Conclusion: I feel if i used meguairs products solely (rubbing compound + polishing pads) i would have gotten a better end result. the swirl mark remover 2.0 is the best product out there as far as i'm concerned.
So my steps:
fine cut rubbing compound
#9 SMR polish
gold class wax
in a month or so when the wax has worn away i plan going back over it with the proper meguiars pad (i did all that with a WOOL pad) and some medium cut cleaner, show car glaze, and #26 wax. over all i am very impressed and i am in love with meguiars products and my new buffer
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