I just started a detailing job at a local car dealership in my town. My boss told me he really didn't care how his cars get waxed just as long as they do. He was trying to explain to me his method of wet buffing with a power buffer. I only ever used a power buffer to buff wet wax when the clear coat is just about shot or bad with fog or haze. So I wet buffed the car by hand, let it dry to a haze and he threw me a clean dry medium abrasive foam buffing pad for the power buffer. I buffed the dry wax off and it came to a very clean distinctive shine, no swirls, no micro marring, no scours. He was tickled shitless, and now he wants me to continue waxing his cars the way I showed him. What do you think? Is it okay to power buff the dry wax off? That is how I was taught when I was younger. He was mostly having trouble with wet wax flinging off the power buffer into cracks on the vehicle. Causing more work, and a longer times to clean the wax out of cracks and crevices.
Buffing Question
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Are you working on new cars or used cars? What type of "power buffer" are you using there?
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Sure you can buff off the dry wax with your Dewalt. I would ask your boss to get this Meguiars G110v2 DA Microfiber Correction System Complete Kit but he won't spring for it. You'd be able to do a dynamite job with it, it's designed for precisely what you are doing.
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I so want that. Its going to be the Christmas gift to myself.
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Ok what speed do you think I should run it at? I had it set on 3, not to much speed but it did the trick. The pad I am using does one hell of a job already It looks like the pad that is on the buffer in the link you sent me. I will talk to him about it though. Thanks!