[trbomax]

 back in the 60's and early 70's, I did a lot of paint work,all in ppg duracryl with good ole dca 468 clear on top. Never cut before buffing,never had to. I used a air buffer with wool pads and 3m super duty compound,finished up with pink 3m seal n glaze.Always worked for me! The 289which I shot in 65 was never cleared or polished because it was never finished. The plan was to use the 64 pontiac blue as a base coat and do some flip flop,then clear it.Fast forward to the cars 50th anniversary rebuild and I'm not really sure I want to refinish it.There really isnt anything wrong with the finish other than some overspray on the top surfaces,so before I go nuts and start blocking it out I want to see just how salvageable the old paint is. I still have all my old polishing stuff,but there has to be a better way in 2014! I am intreagued by the da air buffers mostly because I think it would allow better work on the body details. So what do you guys use on acrylic lacquer (if anyone still has any of that) for buffing/polishing ? No sanding,its dead flat with zero orange peel,just compound and polish.

[EDNY]

Hope some paint guy jumps in but it seems that the old wool pads have been replaced with the 3M style foam units. I have (2) 3M pads, they are color coded. One for buffing the other for polishing. Also have 3M buffing and 3M polishing compound.

I have had real nice results taking my time after getting "the feeling" for the pads/componds.   Not sure how they would work on seasoned paint, but after watching Chasing Classics on TV..they do it all the time.

Here is a link to some pads:

3 WAFFLE FOAM PAD BUFFING POLISHING KIT Auto Car Polish
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-WAFFLE-FOAM-PAD-BUFFING-POLISHING-KIT-Auto-Car-Polish/191061310068?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D261%26meid%3D4735632765297678792%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1088%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D150788600245%26

[trbomax]

Wow,$16.49 for shipping a $26 item! I think I will look around locally.What brand/type of compound are you useing?

[EDNY]

3M Rubbing Compound 05973
3M Pishing Compound 051131

3m pad (grey) 05735
3m pad (yellow) 05731

Also have the velcro 3m pad 05718

3M=expensive=quality

[62131]

I used  Meguiars compounds and polish with a orange pad to cut and a black pad to polish.
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