No I certainly appreciate the power buffer opinions as well. I will be looking at these and trying it out sometime. In high school I bought an old '77 LTD where the previous owner got carried away with th buffer and took all the gloss off of a third of the hood. I've had that in the back of my mind ever since. (hint: Michael Jackson was still on his first nose when I was in H.S.)
This paint job is an older mediocre job, and beginning to get dull, not to mention full of fine scratches everywhere, so I'm curious to see what a good buff n polish will do.
Also, I'm suddenly craving the polish sausage sandwiches from The Lunch Box in downtown OKC, sadly forced out of their 65 year business by developers. Homemade toasted wheat buns, homemade mustard, and sauerkraut to die for.