i have minor scratches in my clear coat. Which wax would be good to buff out them wth a buffer. And whats the best step to acheave a nice shine?

 

i personally use turtle wax colored wax for my cars but there red and black so fit in with the colors they make. hides faint scratches and clear coat scratches

 

how hard is it to use a random orbital buffer like from wal-mart or meijer? Do i wip the wax on and then buff till hase is gone then wash again?

 

Look for scratch/swirl and haze remover. Any name brand like Mothers or Meguiars will work. You will have to apply wax after applying and rubbing out.

 

This is my neighbor's product, he's been doing detailing for 25+ years. I would look at something he carries, cause his water spot remover is amazing, ask Clay! His non abrasive metal polish is also awesome, as well as his Top Wax. That's all the experience I have with of his products so far, but man they work great. I would shoot him an email or call him, Mike will hook you up or let you know what is needed.

Metalwax AMS certified

 

when using the scratch/swirl and haze remover do you use the buffer or do it by hand?

 

Jeff what waterspot remover did you/he use?

 

Depends. If I have a small area I just do it by hand. If I am doing this on a whole car/truck I use my Porter-Cable 6" Orbital Sander with a Wax/Polish Bonnet. It is variable speed so it does good on the slow speeds. IIRC I paid a little over $120 for it at Lowes.

 

hard water spots

This stuff is amazing. My tinted windows were bad, it it took it off like nothing. Also, I removed my bug shield, there was water spots that I couldn't get out with rubbing compound, a couple of swipes with this stuff and they were gone!

 

I honestly would have it polished with a straight drive polisher then wax. Any wax will only hide really fine cobwebbing (scratches). Best to knock the scratches out rather than hide them.

 

Thanks Jeff I will pick some of it up.

 

I have used Layson's 3 step Adams polishing kit with random orbital buffer. My truck is dark green and had some sage brush scratches. When finished you can not see most of the scratches, works well.