My paint is getting old...need help (and 3m perfect it question)

i found a local shop that carries 3M perfect-it, and i will have access to a buffer back home, would my GM bright red be considered light or dark colored? also, how would i go about applying this and buffing my car out? will it do a good job of restoring my paint back to that new(ish) look? i'm sick of the swirles that so called "cleaner waxes" aren't helping at all...should i attempt this? or just pay someone to do it? i love washing and waxing, but my paint needs some help now :(

thanks for anybody who can help (Kevin ss?)

steve

For your car you can use either "for dark or light color cars", I would not buff your car unless you have used a buffer before, you can do more damage to the paint than you already have. :)

Hey well your red car will be considered a dark color. buffing your car out can be kinda dangerous but really isnt all that hard. if you are going to do it yourself dont apply much pressure when you first start untill ya get the hang of it, cuase the buffer can start to bounce and cause you some troubles. Um if you do it your self dont do it out side, cause of the dirt and dust floating in the air. also 3M perfect it is good stuff, if you want to remove heavier swirl marks you should try rubbing compound that has mild abbrasives in it and use a wool bonnet pad on the buffer, then go to the polishing glaze with a foam pad. hope some of this helps

Jr

Are you talking about an orbital buffer or rotary buffer. I wouldn't buff your car with a rotary if you've never done it before. To get your paint real nice is a lot harder than it looks and the moldings on the doors are real easy to burn.

I would use perfect it rubbing compound with a wool cutting pad first. Perfect it compound will leave a lot of swirls so you then have to do a real good job following it up with polishing compound and a foam polishing pad and then with a hand wax. It can get messy too if you've never done it before. The compound will fly all over, get on the plastic, and get in cracks. It's not the easiest stuff to get off of plastic or out of cracks either.

Originally posted by KillerTA
I would use perfect it rubbing compound with a wool cutting pad first. Perfect it compound will leave a lot of swirls so you then have to do a real good job following it up with polishing compound and a foam polishing pad and then with a hand wax.

3m Perfect-It is a swirl removing compound....why would it create alot of swirles?

from what i understand it will remove light scratches and swirles when done properly, not CREATE them.

the info i have found is that i will..
1. use a wool pad with the perfect it after washing and drying the car very well.
2. go back over the car with the foam polishing pad i bought with perfect-it.