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Summary: Learn how to clean a buffer pad without destroying it in this free educational video series.
Matthew Christian is a certified building contractor in Florida with skills in real estate, remodeling and landscaping. He also holds a degree in electronicsread more
"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 polishing machine. Again, place your pad directly on the glaze. You don't want to draw any lines so to speak and move your buffer into that glaze. You are just going to spray glaze everywhere and it is not going to be in your pad. So I do a circle, place your pad directly on to the glaze and then start polishing. Now as you are going through with polishing the car, it will be important to keep your pad clean. Now earlier you saw me on a bench and I had the buffer sitting down on a bench. Do not place the buffer on the surface of your car. It can damage or scratch the paint. Do not set it down on the car and buff. What we'll do is put it in the corner of our leg like so, it is secure. Holding it tight, hold your spray tight and clean the surface of your pad every so often. Now we were talking about getting into tight spaces earlier. Around these squirter's what we can do is angle around the squirter's"