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Summary: When power buffing a car, it's important not to put too much wax on and to follow the airflow of the car from the front to the back. Stay away from dark plastics when power buffing a car with help from the owner of a car detailing business in this free video on auto detailing and power buffing.
"Hi my name is Tim with Premier Detailing we are located here in Orem, Utah and today I'm going to show you how to buff a car. It's important that you don't put too much wax on, you just want a nice little steady stream cause the wax will spread out very nicely. And the important to go with the flow of the air flow of the car, so you want to work your way to the front to the back. So just kind of spread that a little bit and just kind of move along here all the way along the top. Top edge, in between. You just kind of move your way back. Sometimes you need to stop and put a little bit more wax on depending on how it is, you can kind of see it. It will be a nice little small filament is what you want. You don't want it too heavy and just continue on. Just go with the flow of the car and just work your way from the front to the back all the way around. And while you are waxing as well you want to try and stay away from any dark plastics, things such as up here kind of the railings along the top. A lot of cars, these down here will, depending on the base of the plastic on here on this current vehicle, the van it doesn't really matter since it's more of a silicone based. Usually mirrors you want to stay away from, dark plastic kind of getting around here real careful because a lot of them have a porous kind of fiber here, a wind fiber and it can kind of get absorbed in the wax and you'll get stains and you have to go over them with the polish so but other then that you can also try putting a little bit of wax on a towel, get inside of your doors, your door panels, just kind of in between lighten up some of the scratches and things in between here. And you just keep kind of getting inside these door panels. Usually people get a lot of key scratches, water marks things like that. People don't you know the car wash isn't going to get these out. Just lighten them up a little bit with your towel a little bit of wax on it. Microfiber towel is recommended so it doesn't scratch your vehicle."
eHow Article: How to Power Buff a Car