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Thin rubbing compound?
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:02:25 -0600, Puddin' Man
wrote: I got a very old can of Turtle Wax rubbing compound. Re-painted some scratches on the car. Need to use rubbing compound to clean up overspray, etc. Rubbing compound looks too thick (it's like paste wax) for buffer on cordless drill. Can I thin it? With what?? Thx, P "Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule." I've used two colors of rubbing compound. The red/orange color is more abrasive. Use a white color compound that has the car polish wax in it. Less abrasive, thinner and easier to apply. Yes both can be thinned with a bit of water. Use a restaurant type plastic bottle (ketchup / mustard). Spray bottles won't work. Think: the plastic honey bottle for the mixture and squirt in on and buff it out. Water will no cause any problems. |
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On Mar 25, 11:02*pm, Puddin' Man wrote:
I got a very old can of Turtle Wax rubbing compound. Re-painted some scratches on the car. Need to use rubbing compound to clean up overspray, etc. Rubbing compound looks too thick (it's like paste wax) for buffer on cordless drill. Can I thin it? With what?? * Thx, * P "Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule." Use water, the red may be to rough, white might be better. |
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Thin rubbing compound?
I got a very old can of Turtle Wax rubbing compound. Re-painted some scratches on the car. Need to use rubbing compound to clean up overspray, etc. Rubbing compound looks too thick (it's like paste wax) for buffer on cordless drill. Can I thin it? With what?? Thx, P "Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule." |
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Thin rubbing compound?
Puddin' Man wrote:
I got a very old can of Turtle Wax rubbing compound. Re-painted some scratches on the car. Need to use rubbing compound to clean up overspray, etc. Rubbing compound looks too thick (it's like paste wax) for buffer on cordless drill. Can I thin it? With what?? Yes like others said, add water. But you don't want to use rubbing compound, it's too abrasive. Use Polishing Compound instead. |
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Thin rubbing compound?
Puddin' Man wrote the following:
I got a very old can of Turtle Wax rubbing compound. Re-painted some scratches on the car. Need to use rubbing compound to clean up overspray, etc. Rubbing compound looks too thick (it's like paste wax) for buffer on cordless drill. Can I thin it? With what?? Thx, P The milder kind is called Polishing Compound. For a real mild abrasive, get a bottle of Scratch Remover. Both available at auto stores. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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Thin rubbing compound?
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m: Puddin' Man wrote the following: I got a very old can of Turtle Wax rubbing compound. Re-painted some scratches on the car. Need to use rubbing compound to clean up overspray, etc. Rubbing compound looks too thick (it's like paste wax) for buffer on cordless drill. Can I thin it? With what?? water. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com Thx, P The milder kind is called Polishing Compound. For a real mild abrasive, get a bottle of Scratch Remover. Both available at auto stores. |
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Thin rubbing compound?
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:02:25 -0600, Puddin' Man
wrote: I got a very old can of Turtle Wax rubbing compound. Re-painted some scratches on the car. Need to use rubbing compound to clean up overspray, etc. Rubbing compound looks too thick (it's like paste wax) for buffer on cordless drill. Can I thin it? With what?? Thx, P "Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule." Add a little water. I would not use it on a car finish. See if a rag dampened with kerosene will take it off before trying anything abrasive--it could save you a lot of grief. |
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Thin rubbing compound?
Bad weather kept me from doing the work sooner.
Thanks for numerous replies. I tackled it a little today and found ... thatcha really need better equipment (good power buffer) than I have. I very rarely need to do this kind of work. Thx, P On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:02:25 -0600, Puddin' Man wrote: I got a very old can of Turtle Wax rubbing compound. Re-painted some scratches on the car. Need to use rubbing compound to clean up overspray, etc. Rubbing compound looks too thick (it's like paste wax) for buffer on cordless drill. Can I thin it? With what?? Thx, P "Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule." "Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule." |
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