As far as buffing techniques, it varied panel to panel.
The passenger side was pretty bad.
My go to combo is Meguiars M105 and M205. It's a pretty user friendly combo, 105 takes out most of the scratches and 205 takes out the scratches 105 put in the paint to get the deeper stuff out.
I used a Torq 10FX Dual Action polisher in the small areas and the Torq 22D Dual Action polisher for the large open areas on the truck.
M105 with an Orange pad followed by M205 on a Green pad corrected the paint about 85% which is fine for a daily driver. I then followed that up with Chemical Guys Black Light Hybrid Radiant Finish on a blue pad. The black light really made the paint look wet. Then I followed that with Sonax Polymer Net Shield for sealant.
The tail gate was extremely rough,
I did M105 on a yellow heavy cut pad, followed by 205 on a orange pad, then 205 on a green pad.
Hood was extremely messed up.
3000 grit wet sand on my Torq 22d, followed by M105 Orange pad, M205 Green pad, Black light, sonax.
Hope this helps, every paint job is different.
There are a lot more Compounds out there that work better than the megs stuff, I didn't care, this is a daily driver. You can also snag the 105/205 combo at your local autozone.
