Thread: Cut&Buff:???

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For a "show" car, i start wet sanding with 600 grit, then 1000, 1500, etc.. until 3000 grit, by hand, not with a da (although i dont think at that point a da with do anything bad) i cut it completely flat with 600, so that your 1000 grit and up is strictly removing scratches. Buffing, is more a of a science, i've had much luck with 3m's products, using foam pads. I like using the extra cut compound first with a gray foam pad, and then jump to perfect it 3000 swirl remover 2 or 3 times with the foam pad, and then finish with ultrafina and the light blue foam pad. I know everyone does it different, but this is what works for me. Between steps, i always wipe it down with rubbing alcohol, since that removes the compound, that way you know that you're actually buffing scratches out, and not just filling them in and have a scratched up car after washing it twice.