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Re: article idea

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Subject: Re: article idea
From: Seth <sbunin@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 19:35:53 -0400
If anyone does write it, can I get a draft copy? I'd like to get some scratches 
out of the body (Malcom said to just "buff them out") and maybe some of the 
waves in the acrylic out also before the meet in July, and unfortunately, the 
next issue won't arrive until after...

Thanks,

Seth
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On 5/13/2002 at 11:07 AM John T. Blair wrote:

>Anyone very knowledgeable about detailing?
>
>On one of the other lists I subscribe to, there are several people talking
>about ">in other words, I'd like a primer on random orbital waxing !!!"
>
>That might be a great article for The Brickline.  We have both painted and
>acrylic cars.  I know there are differences in buffers.  I had one of the
>vertical buffers (looks like a router) that I tried to buff up the firewall
>on my Morgan after I'd painted and sanded - /w 2000 grit.  But I couldn't
>get the shine to come back - so I repainted it.  However, when I "color
>sanded" the Morgan to get all the orange peel and overspray off, I used
>a Black & Decker 2 speed buffer - looks like a grinder.  I had a friend
>that had done this to several of his cars (he'd also had a body shop class
>when he was in High School - which I haven't).  Unfortunately, B&D no
>longer makes that particular buffer.
>
>I'd love to see a good article on how to buff/polish a car:
>1. acrylic
>2. newly painted car,
>3. maintaining an older painted car.
>4. recommendations for a good buffer - the difference between a buffer and
>   a polisher (if there is such a thing).
>
>Unfortunatley, my friend is in England now and has been for the last 2 yrs.
>So I can't get him to write one.  And as I've said many a time, "I'm just
>a hack".
>
>John
>
>
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