Is your used Toyota that you purchased from Spirit Toyota in St. Louis looking faded, flat or dull?  Rubbing compound will remove years of built up old wax from your old paint job, even if you have a clear coat finish.  Most people are thrilled with the results of a good buffing-out with fine compound will do to really brighten up the finish of their car.

You will need a circular power buffer with a specific cover for the disk designed to apply the compound, and very fine cut automotive rubbing compound from an auto supply supply store. 

It’s best to apply the compound in temperatures over 50 degrees away from the direct sunlight. Start at the furthest section of the car, such as the roof, and work your way back to access panels so that once you have completed an area you don’t  have to lean over it to reach another section.

Apply about a teaspoon of compound onto the buffer pad and also a teaspoon on the car within a 12 x 12 inch section. You can add more as you continue, once you get the feel of buffing.

Before turning on the buffer, place it on the car and slide the pad around where the compound is. You want to just level it out and define the area you will be buffing. While the pad is pressed onto the car, turn the buffer motor on.  Work the buffer using moderate downward pressure in an up and down or side to side direction covering the last area you did by about 50 percent.  Work one specific section of the car at a time until the compound is used up.

Do the edges by hand so you don’t run the high risk of taking off the paint.

Once an area is complete, clean with water and dry off with a microfiber towel that will not leave scratches on the paint to remove any grit remaining. Clean the next section you plan to work on just before applying the compound,  to avoid debris getting mixed into the fresh compound which could scratch the finish.

Next be sure to wax your Toyota with a really high quality wax as the buffing compound alone will not protect your Toyota from the elements.