In any situation it will be work. Use a terry towel and apply glaze (I like
Production Products for this), use orbital or elbow grease to work it into
the paint then wax to seal the shine in(you can use an orbital for that--any
brand orbital is ok for me) and always finish off with a terry cloth towel.
 Save that big old buffer for taking out scratches--Meguires makes a good
self-dissapating compoundthat wont leave you with too much dust.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Last" <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: ?Polisher/Buffer or Sander/Polisher?

> Although it is excessively expensive, the buffer on the Meguires website
> has the benefit that they claim you can't burn the paint with it.
> http://www.meguiars.com/store_meguiars/images/product_g100.gif
>
> I'd stay with a low-speed unit
>
>
> The site does have some nice how-to videos on car appearance care..
>
> http://www.meguiars.com/clinics/clinics_template.cfm
>
> Todd
> '88 Westy
>
>
>
> George Goff wrote:
>
> >Polishing and waxing a Vanagon is such a thankless task that I never do
it.
> >But, I am going to change my ways.  To make the job even bearable, I have
> >decided to buy a power polishing tool.  The last time I had such a thing
in my
> >hands, it was a tool borrowed from a body shop and I recall that it
required a
> >delicate balance between applying enough pressure to get the compound to
work
> >effectively and applying too much pressure resulting in it working too
> >effectively.  The thing seemed to be constantly asking,"Should I burn
through or not?"
> >
> >My question:  Do the orbital polisher/buffers (WEN for one) work
effectively
> >or should I buy a low speed 7" sander/polisher?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >George
> >
> >
> >