Guys I need some advice...I bought a Griots garage buffer a few months ago and I love it, but I am having trouble getting consistent with it. I just buffed out my 99 Black max today with a yellow Lake country pad and ultimate compound, then I used nu finish (for kicks) by hand after. At first the results were stunning, a few hours later I look in the sun and notice some serious swirls on one side, almost like I never buffed it. What am I doing wrong? I can't get a technique down. Can someone PLEASE spell out your working technique, from exact arm movement speed, rotary speed, pressure, number of passes I need to figure this crap out. I know every polish and pad is different, but sometimes I get good results and sometimes bad with the same products. Help!

 

Get on the meguiars online forum. If u r getting swirls from a buffer your rotary speed may be too high or u r pressing down too hard. Don't lay on the rotary just hold it and etc it do its thing

 

Try polishing with ColorX or Ultimate Polish after using the Ultimate Compound. Then wax like usual.

 

U didnt use any finishing compound. Dont let it dry and keep buffing cuz thats were the swirls come from. Us a spray bottle to keep it wet it it stArts to dry. Use compound then finishing glaze with the correct pad the a good wax and read the bottle for rpms but i doubt thats ur problem.

 

I feel your pain. I recently did my 2010 Max that needed some serious love.

I use a Porter Cable 7424 for buffing and have been doing this for several years.

Depending on how bad the swirls are a yellow LC pad might not have enough cut to it. I use the orange pad when using Meg's Ultimate Compound. I then follow that up with Meg's #7 - Show Car Glaze on the gray LC pad(which you can buy at an O'Reilly's auto parts store or online). Then I used Meg's new Ultimate Liquid Wax on the LC Gold pad. The results were stunning. See the pictures below.

***Be sure to follow the directions on the bottle to the T. If it says don't let it dry, definitely don't let it dry! It becomes a b*tch to remove!***

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Let me know if you have any further questions.

Marc

 

Thanks for the help, I'm gonna take a crack at it again sometime this week. I'll throw up some pictures too!

 

I do believe that the ColorX will simply fill in the swirls, so you're only putting a bandaid on the problem. I use my FLEX polisher with Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover and an orange pad. Then I follow up with Wolfgang Finishing Glaze and a white pad...no issues using this method. I do this for my Liquid Silver Maxima, and my wife Blue Altima. Her Altima always needs serious work, as she runds it through whatever car wash is cheapest, and I can always get the swirls out if I take my time.

 

I'm actually on vacation this week, but when I get back I need to get some nasty swirls out of my Chevy Equinox. I will post some pictures of that once I get crackin.

 

Hate to ask but what does one do to get rid of the wax if it dries....?

 

what did the was dry on? If its on a body panel, just take some quick detailer and spray it on, then wipe the wax off.

If you let wax dry on some trim, you will need something like Back to Black to fix that

 

It dried on the body but ill try that quick detailer

 

 

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