Just bought one of those proffesional buffers. I have forgotten what the ideal speed is for buffing.

Help anyone?

depends on what size buffing machine what type of pad and polish you are going to use paint quality as well

My buffer has two speeds. I can't remember what they are, although I remember they are quite low. I use the lower of the two. Changed back to hand polishing, the electric buffer flicks polish all over the rubbers etc. It's hard to get it off.

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LOW speed!!!!

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My little buffer Ryobi has a min/max speeds of 6500 - 11000 this is fine with a foam buffing pad (wool is crap) and to apply wax or a fine cut polish but nothing else as it doesn?t have the grunt.

So what is better to use wool or foam( I have both)? My polisher is a variable speed ranging from 1000 to 6000. From memory I think about 2000 was desirable

foam is better yeah 2000 would be fine is you are just using a mild polish to clean and enhance the paint maybe taking out some very fine scratches. you wouldn't hurt thwe paint at 6000 either as you can't put much presssure on those things anywho so heat wont be a problem.

just keep a close eye on the paint and what it it doing

In general terms, low speed for buffing compound to really put some work into the paint, and high speed for final polishing. The higher speed puts more heat into the paint to get the sheen and minimise swirls.

On my professional quality buffer (Stayer) it only has three speeds 1-2-3.
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