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Re: How to use a Rotary Buffer to buff out a truck swirl free
The white color on this truck definitely masked the level of paint damage. The truck was truly transformed. The engine bay looked real purdy after we were done too.
Using a rotary machine for the first time is truly hard work. It does take a lot of technique and the right touch to make it do what you want. If you don't it will let you know in a hurry. This is an area I have to work on, but glad I was exposed to it in class.
Bob in rare form, caught buffing in Nick's spy shots above! Bob I miss you MAN!! Also shout-out to all the class!
I have to say I'm impressed with the shine on those tires!! Its been since the middle of July and that tire coating is still shining!
Best,
Rob
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Re: How to use a Rotary Buffer to buff out a truck swirl free
Originally Posted by High Caliber
The white color on this truck definitely masked the level of paint damage. The truck was truly transformed. The engine bay looked real purdy after we were done too.
Somewhere I have the before shots of this truck and they show horrific swirls in the paint and now they're all gone.
I'm pretty sure I posted them on the forum to show the class the condition of the truck BEFORE the class but for some reason I was unable to find them yesterday but I'll look again because I agree with you, when people see the before condition they'll really be impressed.
Originally Posted by High Caliber
Using a rotary machine for the first time is truly hard work. It does take a lot of technique and the right touch to make it do what you want. If you don't it will let you know in a hurry. This is an area I have to work on, but glad I was exposed to it in class.
Definitely a tool you need to put some hours behind to learn how to master it. I recommend buffing on junker cars no one cares about for practice.
Originally Posted by High Caliber
Bob in rare form, caught buffing in Nick's spy shots above! Bob I miss you MAN!! Also shout-out to all the class!
I'll send an e-mail out today to the class to let them know I've added HUNDREDS of pictures from their class. Sad to say most of them don't appear to be "forum people".
Maybe they are Facebook people? I just posted a few pictures and the link to this thread on my Facebook page.
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Originally Posted by High Caliber
I have to say I'm impressed with the shine on those tires!! Its been since the middle of July and that tire coating is still shining!
Best,
Rob
I also have all the pictures from washing the car and showing the paint bleeding plus the pictures showing the tires being cleaned and then coated with DP Tire Coating.
Pictures are always time consuming to do them right but when you do them right they a picture tells a thousand words and Google indexes them really well for people searching car detailing topics.
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Re: How to use a Rotary Buffer to buff out a truck swirl free
Mike, what is the largest size pad one would want to use on the PE8?
Great write up - as usual. I've been missing the rotary lately....
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Re: How to use a Rotary Buffer to buff out a truck swirl free
Originally Posted by dlc95
Mike, what is the largest size pad one would want to use on the PE8?
Great write up - as usual. I've been missing the rotary lately....
Flex recommends no larger than 8" and somewhere on this forum I have an article on the Flex PE14 that shares that official recommendation by Bob Eichelberg.
My own experience shows a 7.5 to be a better match and there's a number to choose from.
Also, smaller pads tend to be easier to manage when buffing with a rotary buffer.
Good question.
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Re: How to use a Rotary Buffer to buff out a truck swirl free
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