Black Car And Buffing

[(B1) MR_fanny]

gday guys and gals. its long due for me to give my car some lovin. was looking at some buffing machines and remembered my mate saying its not a good idea to use one on a black car as you will get swirl marks. how true is this? also are the 3 headed buffers better than the single big one? they sure look cool though. ha.

cheers.

[leech_]

When i got my car detailed (people in my sig) they used a buffer and it came up perfect... then again they are pro's and do it day in and day out. They did say you have to be careful and that it will require a but more work being black.

Now that mine has been done i think i will just do it by hand to maintain it

[fr0st]

Black cars come up great with a good buffing, its the people that try to do it with those dodgy drill attachement buffer that give themselves whirl marks.

Get yourself a random orbital buffer. They have a single buffing pad (usually about 6 inches) and they both spin and kind of vibrate (not sure how to explain it). Don't get a rotary buffer, they are very easy to put swirls in your paint if you don't know what your doing. You'll need a foam applicator pad and a microfiber pad for buffing.

A full paint detail should go something like -

Wash with detergent/degreaser

Claybar

Wash normally

Polish (with cut if you have swirls)

Wax

[Kinks]

there are 2 main kinds of buffer - orbital and rotary.

an orbital rotor jiggles around in a circle (like your hand motion would be when polishing a car) as well as rotating. it is very difficult to damage your paint with an orbital, with the slight downside that you need to put a bit more work into your polishing because the action is quite gentle.

a rotary is like a pad attached to a drill, it just spins. can produce very quick results, but can also produce very convincing swirl marks, burn your paint or scour it right back to the primer. do not under any circumstances get a rotary buffer if you're a noob.

leech's option isn't a bad one - if you get a detailer who does a GOOD job on it to do all the prep work you really only have to remember to wax it every couple of months after that, and you can wax by hand.

[(B1) MR_fanny]

thanks guys....someone should start a short course on how to buff your car. what the heck is a claybar..lol will have to look that up. maybe i should practice on a shitbox first. whats the rough price for a detailer to do it?

thanks again guys.

[mad082]

i got my old car done by a pro. he used an angle grinder with a buffing attatchment. my father-in-law also used to be a car detailer and thats what he uses. it just just a case of knowing what you are doing.