price on color sand and buff
 

well my friend's body man told me to bring my car by so he can buff out the overspray for me. i brought it by and he couldnt do it for some reason that could only have been said in spanish :grumble:

so he took another look at it, then looked the rest of the car over...and suggested i color sand and buff the whole thing. i said i'd love to, how much? now i knew it should be done but maaco said 800. no way im wasting another dime with them.

the guy told me 350 and it could be done in a day. does this sound right? is this the thing youre suppose to do to after a paint job? which i understood was a color sand and buff? or is he maybe talking rubbing compound and a buffer...

I'd do it myself if you have the patience to sit there with a buffer forever, I had **** from meguiars that I bought through my uncles auto body shop, it was a 3 step process it was like a cleaner, Diamond cutter then a polish to finish it off if i remeber correctly, I did the process on my ol red v6 bird and it came out flippin sweet.

Ill have to try that paul to try to get some of the **** out of my paint.. How long do you buff a spot for?

I just did the process, like regual wax just used the electric buffer until it went away. I actually did 2 coats it came out like sex.

cant tell you a price but my friend that works at a body shop did just his trunk lid and it took him like an hour and a half. looked like brand new paint though. really really nice looking. no little swirls or scratches anywhere. the next week my other friend decides to jump on his trunk and puts a dent right in the middle of it

it only cost a $100 from a local guy to buff my car all out. But sadly then it showed all the rock chips horribly and how bad i really need a new paint job

i think you guys are confusing this...

if youve ever seen a new paint job its got whats called orange peel. its where the surface of the paint has the texture, or at least the appearance of, an orange peel. from maybe a couple feet away you cant tell, but its not done at that point.

to finish a paint job you have to wet sand the whole car and then buff up the clear coat. its not just some rubbing compound and a buffer.

I havent herd it called orange peel in a long time, I always called it FLA, Fat Ladys ***, lol.

oh sorry well a full buff was only $100 if that helps so it will obviously be more since you have to wet sand and stuff sorry just tryin to help out

no problem, i appreciate it.

im gonna have to do this to my car in a few weeks also... why not go for it yourself? i would expect paying 300+ to have it done. not so cheap. thats just a guess though