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Buffing, polishing, cleaning using air tools

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Cranky Chain Cycles

Finally riding a big boys bike
For almost a month I've been searching to find a way to use air tools to get that showroom shine out of your original paint. To start, I'm using a Central Pneumatic die grinder with uses a 1/4" shank hooked up to a 30gal air compressor. This is combined with an aluminum polish kit from Harbor Freight. This works great for buffing metallic non-painted surfaces. I was throwing the idea around of using 2-3" buffing wheels. So far I can't find anything that's compatible. It was pretty unanimous in my Corvette thread that I should keep the paint.

As far as YouTube goes, there's a thousand videos on how to buff and polish cars. The difference is our surface is rounded with tight corners whereas theirs is flat. As I said, I want a showroom shine, whether it's by hand or air tools it doesn't matter.

If you think I should stick with doing it by hand, what process and products to you use?

If you use air tools, what's a good setup?

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