How to Buff Scratches from Auto Paint Finish

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Matthew Christian from Tampa, Florida and on behalf of Expert Village, today we are going to talk about the proper use of a high speed buffing machine. This is basically the position you want to hold the buffer in. You want to keep it flat to the surface that you are polishing. You don't want to buff at an angle. Always buff on a flat surface. The reason being is if we have this flat surface on the paint, the weight of the buffer and the amount that we are pushing is being equally distributed across this large area. If we angle the buffer, now all that work is being concentrated on just a small section and we could potentially risk burning the paint if we are going through the clear coat and secondly, for some of you who may be familiar with the terms swirls, you want to keep your buffer flat. It will minimize swirls in the paint as opposed at being at an angle. So for starters, we will shake up our polish. We will draw a small area into the paint, put our pad directly on top and then when you do a click, a couple of clicks like that, prime the pad and we will go ahead and start buffing. Again, notice that I am going to keep the buff pad flat and I am going to move in a consistent pattern zigzagging in a consistent manner and I am going to cross hatch and I am going to do the zigzag back and forth like this. Now you just saw me go over the squirter when you see me doing in a minute. I am going to break the rules. I just told you don't angle your buff pad but there is some situations when you are getting around a tight spot like this, we are going to angle around that squirter to tuck in around it. But for all practical purposes when you are on a flat surface, keep your buff pad flat. Okay so here we go. If you remember a moment ago we were talking also about variable speed buffers. Again, this is not a variable speed buffer. It is either on or it is off. This is a 2800 RPM buffer. I am getting in a tight spot here. I don't want to be going full speed and potentially get caught up in my sheet here or it might be in a tight spot that I just need to lower the buffer down so you notice that I was just clicking. I did that in order to control the speed. Okay and once you have a section done and you've cross hatched and you've got the results that you are looking for, you can move onto the next section. "