Our BMW 318is didn't have great paint, but that wasn't going to stop us: A good paint job costs nearly $10,000, so our mentor (Tom Prescott of the Body Werks) gave us another idea: Buff the original single-stage paint until it shined, then get a paintless dent removal expert to remove the dents and dings. Theoretically, we'd have a shiny, …
I don't see any video below.
on variable speed buffers, i'd like to know the RPM you use for each product.
The clean white shiny paint was well worth your efforts!
Nice work.
For a beginner, a random orbital - instead of a rotary - polisher is usually preferred...it’s almost impossible to burn or further damage paint with one, and with the right combination of pad and product, you can get nearly the same results.
kman91, the video is right there on my computer. Must be an issue with yours. Tom at our place might have a better answer for you on that sort of stuff.
Angry Corvair, all the details on how we did it and what we used will be in one of the next few issues of the magazine.
Cruster, you are absolutely right. You need to be damned careful with a rotary buffer. I have been buffing all my life and still made one minor mistake. This is especially true when paint is thin.
It would have taken a lot longer with an orbital buffer. This paint had sat out for ten years or more, with no care, before I found the car.
Harrison Thanks
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