buffed on the purple paint

$25 autozone D/A-R/O buffing wheel...best money I ever spent.

 

gotta be careful with compounds and any kind of high speed buffing wheels you can definetly wind up taking the paint off or at the least doing more harm than good to the finish...

I did my Dad's 72 Maverick Grabber when he gave it to me years and years ago. I buffed and polished with rubbing compound and polishing compound and then a good hard shell wax of that. It had been sitting out in the element for many years and the Red paint was really badly oxidized.
When I got done with the coompounds and the wax the parts of that car that sill had paint on them shined better than showroom new.

I still remember when Dad cam home that night it was just starting to get dark and the first thing he said when he walked in the door was What in the world did you do to the Maverick to get it to shine like that??

When I told him I used Rubbing compound he about fainted.. seems he had seen a couple people use rubbing compound the wrong way and ruin a paint job right quikly, one of them being an Uncle of mine That totally destroyed the silver paint on his 1978 Thunderbird not long after it was repainted.

Man those were the days. When paint still shined and you could buff it out and make it shine again and again.. not like with todays clear coat crap... where the paint really isn't what has the shine at all it is the clear coat that goes over the paint that gives it that fake/artifical looking shine.. of course this is JMHO

 

No worries, that little buffer/waxer couldn't burn paint if you tried. Since it's a random orbital or dual action it's really hard to get the head speed and pressure up high enough to do anything bad.

A for real high speed buffing wheel is a totally different story.

 

Looks great John.

 

i have a professional milwalkee buffer i am going to use today but i will take it easy because i know what can happen burn the paint.i pissed my dad off one time doing that and if it seems to harsh i will go back to doing it by hand.

 

thanks wilbur did you know there is a swapmeet in lima sunday.im going to meet lonnie there.if you want to go let me know you can come to fremont and ride with me.
john

 

Looking good John. Sure didn't take you long to get those Hoosiers on.
Lee

 

Its all about knowing what your doing and what products your using, Ive got a friend who works professionally buffing cars at a body shop and he still burns through paint now and then, All depends on how much material i.e paint,clear your working with and how bad the problem areas are,Those guys are definately worth their money...

 

I'm tellin' ya, that little cheap jobber makes the work a lot easier without running the risk of wrecking your paint.

 

it looks you have a lot of work!

 

Amazing what compound & orbital buffer can do.... I'm with you. It has made all the cars I've picked up look good. Good job!!

 

heres a couple more pics from yesterday.

 

I`m picking up some on my way to shopping. That looks GREAT!