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Old 10-03-2001, 09:55 AM
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Default Guys i picked up a Porter-Cable buffer...should i get 3M Imperial Machine Glaze....

or use my Imperial Hand Glaze with the buffer? Im assuming i might be in danger of cutting or burning the paint with a hand glaze, offhand id think the hand glaze is much thinner than the machine glaze. I feel bad because i bought the mondo bottle of the hand glaze a few months back

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Default You can use IHG with an ORBITAL buffer, but not a rotary one.

The orbital will somewhat mirror your hand motions.. Just use a light touch.
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Definitely get the machine glaze.
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I bought the machine glaze to be safe. Still use IHG where machine doesn't work well.
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i think you should bring that buffer over to my house and let me use it! 8~P
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Interesting, it is a random orbital buffer
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Default Orbital buffers dont' go fast enough to do any real damage to your paint...

as long as you use a foam pad, and keep it CLEAN. If you use a rotary buffer, keep it on it's slowest speed, and keep the pad clean and damp. Those things turn awfully fast even at low speed. THey are great for buffing out wet sanding, but for wax they are overkill.
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Default Try it.

Honestly, I just got the Machine Glaze, and I find that it dries out very quickly with the buffer. I try not to continue buffing if it has dried out. I would imagine the IHG dries out even quicker using the machine. I kept my IHG for doing the nooks and crannies that the buffer can't reach (there are plenty of them)...so it's not a complete waste.
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