| m2pc |
I have gotten a lot of detailing advice from this board and have been turned onto Zaino'ng and detailing my two cars. Went from waxing every two years to using Zaino every two-three months (weather permitting).
For my other ride, which has been a little neglected until now, I would like to start to remove the scratches accumulated over the years.
Hopefully, the members here can share their experience and give advice on using a random orbital buffers to remove scratches and bring back that old shine. I have been reading good things about the Porter Cable Random orbital buffer and would like advice and tips on the techniques using an orbital buffer/polisher to
1. Remove Scratches
2. Polish shine back
I will still Zaino by hand though, and this is more for my other car, whose paint is in great shape except for the swirls and scratches from car washes over the last 5 years. Then I can practice on that one before I do this on the X :D |
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| m2pc |
Wow, thanks,
let me try and digest all of this :29: |
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| frostyra |
I find the Sears random orbital exceptionally easy to use. A friend had a Sears, heard the good word about the P-C buffer and bought one, then went back to the Sears; he didn't like the ease-of-use factor for the P-C. Any decent cleaner or cleaner-wax should work wonders in removing swirls and some scratches, as well as bringing back the shine.
Put your product-of-choice onto the buffer's bonnet, spread it evenly on the bonnet with a putty knife, put the bonnet against the car, and turn on the buffer, moving it slowly around an area of maybe 3' by 3' or so. Do the same on the rest of the car, taking more time on areas that need more polishing or more de-swirling.
Then, wait until the car is thoroughly dry, put a clean bonnet on the buffer, and use it to buff off the entire car.
That works fine for me. I do it twice a year, whether the car needs it or not! :p |
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| m2pc |
| Does this also take out some medium scratches out as well? I have a quarter panel that when repaired, matched the paint pretty well, but you can tell its a little more hazy than the other sections. Also, there is a little overspray as well, clay bar took most of it off though. |
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| frostyra |
| Depends on how big "medium" is; if the scratches are much into the clearcoat, then it will probably reduce them but not eliminate them. What do you have to lose by trying? Just make sure the buffer is orbital (like the P-C or the Sears), not rotary! A rotary buffer can "burn" your paint if it sits in one spot for just an instant too long; 'tain't worth the risk! |
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| Fabvsix |
| NOTHING beats "elbow grease" ! |
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