I just continued to polish my Mustang. I used to Maguire's 2.0. It's looking pretty good! Using the orange pad, I think I have removed 99.9 of the micro scratches using my buffer (not the orbital). It's very close to where I want it to be now. I'll continue to buff the paint until it's, "perfect".

 

Can you post pictures? What kind of buffer do you use if not an orbital? I'm looking to buy my first buffer...I have no idea what to get. I've only seen orbital buffers.

 

I have a Vector brand (model vec236). I know nothing about it's quality. I bought it a while back, but never really used it (not sure why I bought it).

I have to warn ya (from personal experience).... when using a non-orbital, you have to be VERY VERY VERY VERY careful! The orbitals are user-friendly, but the non-orbitals are not. I already burned through two of my car's accessories (hood scoop and louver) after only brushing against them.

I had two problems... the first was stupid. My buffer/sander has a "key" that is used to remove the thing the buffer pads connect to. Well, they key was in my cupboard and I had NO clue what it was for... so I threw it away LOL. I ended up going to Harbor Freight and get a universal one that worked.

I was having problems finding pads that fit, so I ended up going to Home Depot and got some Velcro which I easily attached to the buffer... and all was good. Now I can buy pads that attach with Velcro.

Anyway... The reason I'm using the non-orbital buffer is because a while back, I got a $3,000 paint job for my cycle. While at the shop, I noticed that they were not using orbitals, but regular buffers. Mind you, this place was a professional paint shop so I figure, if they, in theory, only use the best stuff to shine the cars/cycles they paint, then this is what I should use. I just need to perfect how to use it.

Anyway, here's a picture of my buffer.