buff/wax help

TankerTom · 11-11-2004, 11:19 PM

Hey all. I definatley need some advice. I have a 99 BLACK truck. Yes....its BLACK. There are plenty of little scratches and such on the truck. Plus to make it worse it had gold stripes (decals) on it that I just took off. So you can see a slight color difference between where the stripes were and the rest of the vehicle.

So I have decided that I would like to try to give my truck the best buff and wax job that I could. But I would like to try this myself. So what exactly should I get and use? I have heard that orbital buffers are the best...is this true???? What is the best product to actually get the minor scratches and color difference out (I belive that is the buffing part, right?). And what do I use to put back over it to make it shine the best (that is the waxing part right?). As you can see I know nothing about this stuff. If somebody could help me learn the best process and products to use I would greatly appreciate it. THanks.

98 SS · 11-11-2004, 11:22 PM

hey, saw your truck yesterday morning while sitting in line for the traffic circle.

i like mothers, thats some good stuff all the way around

-DANTHEMAN- · 11-11-2004, 11:26 PM

I detail cars at a car dealership, and orbital buffers are really good. The owner of the dealership has tons of old ass cars and that's all he uses. Wax we have our own shit that Car Brite makes at work, but I would use mequires, I really like all of the products. I would do a 3 step wax process
1.Use a cleaner wax on a pad just wipe on wipe off
2.Buff a buffing compound on
3.Use a polish wax on a pad just wipe on and wipe off

That's what I would do personally but just go slow and don't put swirl marks all to hell on your truck.

98 SS · 11-11-2004, 11:29 PM

yepp ....swirl marks.....asshat that had my truck before me put swirl marks ALL OVER

TankerTom · 11-11-2004, 11:37 PM

I will have to give that a try. I have been wanting to get rid of the small scratches and such for a while. Then today I took a portion of my stripes off the front end to see what it looked like underneath and now I know I got to do something. What type of brands do you recommend to do those jobs Dan???

98SSVetteKiller I have seen your truck around post as well I believe. There are a lot of SDimes on post nowadays. If I see you around I will have to say hi.

VT1992 S-10 · 11-12-2004, 12:58 AM

I work at a dealership also LOL. I use a three steps process and it seems to get most if not all the scratches out.
-heavy compound
-light compound
-a good wax
At our dealership we use a heavyduty polisher with variable speeds, it looks like a big grinder, Black is the hardest color, I would recommend bringing it somewhere. If you do do it yourself watch plastic parts and edges.

TankerTom · 11-12-2004, 09:49 AM

ya....i might just take it somewhere to have a pro do it. I would like to learn to do it myself so I could do it once a month or something and it wouldnt cost me a dung load. But maybe I will just take it to a dealer or something a let them do it, i dont wanna mess anything up.

bg's · 11-13-2004, 01:47 AM

This here has some good tips through the site..Here's just one..
http://www.properautocare.com/deepliqshinf.html

-DANTHEMAN- · 11-14-2004, 03:48 AM

we use stuff that the company car brite makes. YOu have to learn to do it sometime though, and it's not that hard. Just take your time and go slow. I am really impressed with mequires products, that's what i would use if i didn't get the stuff for free at work. Definetaley watch out for plastic bc it's a bitch to get the wax off of. If you going to high speed buff then tape it off so it doesn't fling compound all over, but if your going to use a orbital buffer just stay away from plastic

lakeratokc · 11-14-2004, 03:37 PM

if you buff once a month or whatever like you said you will have no more clearcoat in a year or so. buffing shouldnt be done regularly its only need when real problems arise. if you have oxidation simply hand polish then wax, also if you wax often you will develop wax buildup which will cause a hazy look similar to oxidation. when this happens you need to clean off the old wax with rubbing alcohol or a claybar i prefer alcohol it does a much better job.

-DANTHEMAN- · 11-16-2004, 12:54 AM

We use stuff called expresso it's a cleaner wax it really pretty amazing the way it works it takes out oxidation and removes glue and all kinds of particles. It's funny to see how dirty new cars are right off the truck, my wax pad get's cleaned about every 2 days bc it's black from all the dirt that comes off vehicles. So moral is if you ever wax to much use a cleaner wax.

11-11-2004, 11:19 PM	#1
TankerTom Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 352 Location: Fort Riley, KS. User is: OffLine	buff/wax help Hey all. I definatley need some advice. I have a 99 BLACK truck. Yes....its BLACK. There are plenty of little scratches and such on the truck. Plus to make it worse it had gold stripes (decals) on it that I just took off. So you can see a slight color difference between where the stripes were and the rest of the vehicle. So I have decided that I would like to try to give my truck the best buff and wax job that I could. But I would like to try this myself. So what exactly should I get and use? I have heard that orbital buffers are the best...is this true???? What is the best product to actually get the minor scratches and color difference out (I belive that is the buffing part, right?). And what do I use to put back over it to make it shine the best (that is the waxing part right?). As you can see I know nothing about this stuff. If somebody could help me learn the best process and products to use I would greatly appreciate it. THanks.
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11-11-2004, 11:22 PM	#2
98 SS I call her: NIGHTMARE Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,944 Location: The TPK User is: OffLine	Re: buff/wax help hey, saw your truck yesterday morning while sitting in line for the traffic circle. i like mothers, thats some good stuff all the way around
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11-11-2004, 11:26 PM	#3
-DANTHEMAN- DAILY DRAGGER :) Age: 23 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,048 Location: Indianapolis User is: OffLine	Re: buff/wax help I detail cars at a car dealership, and orbital buffers are really good. The owner of the dealership has tons of old ass cars and that's all he uses. Wax we have our own shit that Car Brite makes at work, but I would use mequires, I really like all of the products. I would do a 3 step wax process 1.Use a cleaner wax on a pad just wipe on wipe off 2.Buff a buffing compound on 3.Use a polish wax on a pad just wipe on and wipe off That's what I would do personally but just go slow and don't put swirl marks all to hell on your truck.
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11-11-2004, 11:29 PM	#4
98 SS I call her: NIGHTMARE Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,944 Location: The TPK User is: OffLine	Re: buff/wax help yepp ....swirl marks.....asshat that had my truck before me put swirl marks ALL OVER
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11-11-2004, 11:37 PM	#5
TankerTom Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 352 Location: Fort Riley, KS. User is: OffLine	Re: buff/wax help I will have to give that a try. I have been wanting to get rid of the small scratches and such for a while. Then today I took a portion of my stripes off the front end to see what it looked like underneath and now I know I got to do something. What type of brands do you recommend to do those jobs Dan??? 98SSVetteKiller I have seen your truck around post as well I believe. There are a lot of SDimes on post nowadays. If I see you around I will have to say hi.
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11-12-2004, 12:58 AM	#6
VT1992 S-10 1992 Chevy S-10 4.3L Age: 23 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 151 Location: Rutland, Vermont User is: OffLine	Re: buff/wax help I work at a dealership also LOL. I use a three steps process and it seems to get most if not all the scratches out. -heavy compound -light compound -a good wax At our dealership we use a heavyduty polisher with variable speeds, it looks like a big grinder, Black is the hardest color, I would recommend bringing it somewhere. If you do do it yourself watch plastic parts and edges.
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11-12-2004, 09:49 AM	#7
TankerTom Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 352 Location: Fort Riley, KS. User is: OffLine	Re: buff/wax help ya....i might just take it somewhere to have a pro do it. I would like to learn to do it myself so I could do it once a month or something and it wouldnt cost me a dung load. But maybe I will just take it to a dealer or something a let them do it, i dont wanna mess anything up.
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11-13-2004, 01:47 AM	#8
bg's crap Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 8,097 Location: Who cares.. User is: OffLine	Re: buff/wax help This here has some good tips through the site..Here's just one.. http://www.properautocare.com/deepliqshinf.html Last edited by bg's : 11-13-2004 at 01:51 AM.
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11-14-2004, 03:48 AM	#9
-DANTHEMAN- DAILY DRAGGER :) Age: 23 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,048 Location: Indianapolis User is: OffLine	Re: buff/wax help we use stuff that the company car brite makes. YOu have to learn to do it sometime though, and it's not that hard. Just take your time and go slow. I am really impressed with mequires products, that's what i would use if i didn't get the stuff for free at work. Definetaley watch out for plastic bc it's a bitch to get the wax off of. If you going to high speed buff then tape it off so it doesn't fling compound all over, but if your going to use a orbital buffer just stay away from plastic
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11-14-2004, 03:37 PM	#10
lakeratokc Registered User Age: 35 Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 230 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: buff/wax help if you buff once a month or whatever like you said you will have no more clearcoat in a year or so. buffing shouldnt be done regularly its only need when real problems arise. if you have oxidation simply hand polish then wax, also if you wax often you will develop wax buildup which will cause a hazy look similar to oxidation. when this happens you need to clean off the old wax with rubbing alcohol or a claybar i prefer alcohol it does a much better job.
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11-16-2004, 12:54 AM	#11
-DANTHEMAN- DAILY DRAGGER :) Age: 23 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,048 Location: Indianapolis User is: OffLine	Re: buff/wax help We use stuff called expresso it's a cleaner wax it really pretty amazing the way it works it takes out oxidation and removes glue and all kinds of particles. It's funny to see how dirty new cars are right off the truck, my wax pad get's cleaned about every 2 days bc it's black from all the dirt that comes off vehicles. So moral is if you ever wax to much use a cleaner wax.
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