You're right. I buffed cars for years and you really do have to go out of your way to burn through the paint---provided it hasn't been buffed a million times or heavily wet sanded.I use a Porter Cable random orbital buffer. The pic show the compounds I use, the most aggressive on the left and least on the right. You can also control the cut with how firm or soft a pad they use. People are often afraid to use a power buffer because they’ll cut the paint off. It is possible but you’d almost have to try and do it. You just have to dig in and try it. You can improve a vehicle a lot just by a power buffer and a good synthetic wax.
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I use a Porter Cable random orbital buffer. The pic show the compounds I use, the most aggressive on the left and least on the right. You can also control the cut with how firm or soft a pad they use. People are often afraid to use a power buffer because they’ll cut the paint off. It is possible but you’d almost have to try and do it. You just have to dig in and try it. You can improve a vehicle a lot just by a power buffer and a good synthetic wax.
I agree using a good quality buffer and high quality compounds will generally fix up most blemishes.