How do you polish using a buffer?

[saitrix]

Hi,

Well I got a buffing pad that fits onto the drill, I also know it needs to spin about 1800rpm iirc. So how do you polish using a buffer? You stick the polish onto the paintwork and then use the buffer to work it in? Then use a new pad to buff it out when dry?

 

[Jonny69]

I put the polish on the sponge personally, run it along the paintwork but don't let it dry out and don't leave it on one spot for any amount of time. I buff it off with a wool mop. You can see when it's doing its job as you get the same sort of effect as when you do it by hand, just a lot quicker.

If you put the polish straight on the paint you'll get blotches where you poured it on.

 

[saitrix]

Do you buff it off by hand?

 

[Jonny69]

No, forgot that bit! I've got a wool mop that goes on the polisher. It's a big round 12" fluffy white wooly thing

 

[saitrix]

Aha makes sense. Mines only a 5" pad.

 

[S@njay]

So you actually have a standard DIY drill with a buffer attachment?

Are they actually any good?

 

[saitrix]

So you actually have a standard DIY drill with a buffer attachment?

Are they actually any good?

Got it from Halfords, was only £2.50 so i gave it a whirl i would think. Ideally you want a drill that can hold a certain speed without holding it. The cloth i got for it cost £6.50 though, need another one maybe for polish application.

Hopefully sometime next week my car will get a good going over with it.

 

[poltergeist666]

I apply the polish by hand one panel at a time, and when it's nearly dry, buff it off. You can get away with one pad then.