Snarley will be 10, and her shine has swirled and a haze from hard water. I've never buffed paint. What do you use to make it sparkle again? Can't afford a new paint job.
Snarley will be 10, and her shine has swirled and a haze from hard water. I've never buffed paint. What do you use to make it sparkle again? Can't afford a new paint job.
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You could try polish-but just a good old fashion hand waxing might do the trick. I would use sumpin with carnuba in it-hand swirl apply, then buff the beejesus out of it when done. Orbital polishers are cheap and work great-you should be able to see yourself in the reflection!!!
Harley Davidson markets a swirl & scratch remover that works pretty decent, I've used it by hand on small areas and with my porter cable orbital and a foam pad. I use blue painters tape to mask off areas that I don't want to get wax or polish into.
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As mentioned above, orbital buffers will do. But if your not experienced with a orbital buffer, I would suggest a random orbital buffer. With a random orbital buffer, it's highly unlikely that you would "burn" the paint. With a regular "orbital" buffer, it's very likely that you stand a chance of "burning" the paint, then your really screwed!! Also I find that a 6" buffer is as big as you would want to go. Porter Cable makes a very good 6" random orbital buffer, model 7424XP variable speed ranging in price any where from $120.00 to $170.00 on e-bay. Or you can get an 'el cheapo Ryobi for around $20.00, random orbital.....Buffers work really great, if you know how to use them!
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8 or 9 years ago I bought a 6" random orbital polisher at Wal Mart, Wen brand Needed to rub out the top deck of our boat. 1/2 a can of rubbing compound and 6 bonnets later you could see the reflection of your teeth in that deck. All those years later that cheapo Wen polisher has done 3 other boats several times, bunch of Seadoos, 4 Harleys and God knows what else. Best $12.95 I've ever spent. I don't even bother to buy any of the terry bonnets anymore, just lay a micro-fiber rag down on the foam wheel.
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Here's a link from Meguiar's On-Line that I've referenced from time to time that goes pretty in depth on how to remove swirl marks and restore shine, all by hand. Hope you find it helpful.
JohnC · Wichita, KS
Meguiar's is some good stuff!!!!
You might try this product Marge makes available. It works really well .
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