Rusty Bowtie

 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.

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

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

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

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