Cutting and buffing small parts
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I recently painted my 65 Mustang FB with Tamco single stage dark British Racing Green. I cut it with 1000, 1500, and 2000, and followed with Meguires 105 and an orange foam pad from Lake Country. I tried wool and their gray pad but they left too many swirls. Came out great and tomorrow I'm going to follow with a white pad and Meguires 205. Anyway, my question is, how do I buff out the smaller pieces like the headlight buckets and side vents which are too small to get a buffer pad into? Thanks.
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They make all sizes and shapes of buffing pads.
Here's an example from Eastwood (though I don't buy their stuff): http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-buffing-kit.html Small parts are hard to hold so using a buffing wheel (mounted like a bench grinder) with the right size buff works the best. 1968 Coronet R/T
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Instead of buying another tool, what would you recommend (compounds, cloth, technique) if I wanted to buff these parts by hand? Thanks.
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I would recommend trying to to cut the parts as much as possible with sand paper then buffing by hand.
Maybe end with 2500 grit by hand then use a piece compound pad with compound by hand followed by polish pad with polish. Possibly terry cloth towel for compound and micro fiber for polish? Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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What compound would you use? THanks.
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I use meguiars ultimate compound and polish. But with a machine, and it works.
By hand it may not work though because that line of compound isn't as aggressive. I would use my UC and UP and if that didn't work, I'd move to the m105/205. Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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