i personaly have only put on wax and buffed ect. by hand. i havent spend the 20 dollars to put into a cheap buffer at the local car shop. i am curious to see if those electric buffers really are that much better for applying and buffing the wax ? what do you think ?

 

the $20 electric ones are not worth the money definetly not powerful enough much rather do it by hand

 

Electric buffer is definitely easier, but by hand usually gives better results (unless you know what you are doing and use a PorterCable or something). I use a crappy $20 buffer to put wax on the car, but use my hands for removing the wax, and rubbing compound and glazing.

 

i do the same as brrman. use it to put it on soley on the fact that its faster and easier to do it. If u get a good buffer (lik ethe one meguiers sells) and u know what ur doing then u will end up get better results.

 

cheap buffers suck when removing wax i remove it by hand

 

I prefer my girlfriend to my hand.

 

haha yeah ... i know what you mean man .... alright i think its gonna be done all by hand .. the good'ol fashion way .. get to know you car better this way .... thanks guys saved me 20 bucks haha

 

the only thing i noticed is that the buffers give you buff lines, little shiny lines when the sun hits it right

but i was much happier when i went over the paint again with a dry rag in hand to get that off the best i could

 

the swirl marks you are referring to can be caused by using the wrong type of applicator.. you should really look into a quality pad that is super soft..

 

I use meguiars 3 step polish kit. Its a pain, but when you finish it shines like no other, and your hand just runs so smoothly over the car