How to Buff Metallic Acrylic Enamel Paint
- 1). Put on a face mask and eye protection, such as goggles or glasses. The buffer will create a lot of dust that you don't want to inhale.
- 2). Fit your buffer with a foam pad. This is softer than a wool pad and will work better on your acrylic enamel paint.
- 3). Squirt cutting cream onto your foam pad; then bring the foam pad up to the surface of the car. With the buffer still off, work it over the surface of your car to spread the cutting cream around. Then turn your buffer on, and rub it back and forth over the surface of the car. Do not work in speeds above 1,000 RPM. Continue to rub until you cannot see the cutting cream; then turn the buffer off. Since cutting cream is abrasive, it's best to work only one panel at a time.
- 4). Run the area with a clean cotton towel to remove any excess compound. Then repeat Step 3 on another section of the car. Work in this fashion until the entire car has been buffed.
- 5). Wash the car with soapy water, and dry with clean cotton cloths. Now you'll buff the acrylic enamel with a polisher.
- 6). Fit your buffer with a new foam pad, and squirt a small amount of polisher on the buffer. Bring the buffer up to the car, turn it on, and work the buffer across the car's surface to spread the polisher. Work in this manner until the entire car has been polished. Your metallic acrylic enamel paint job should now be shiny and free from grit or blotches in the paint.
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