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I'm not a car care expert, I'll leave that up to the people that can respond to this: I saw my neighbor waxing/polishing his car with a 12v cordless drill with a foam pad attachment. I've seen people use buffers etc. before and that's why this caught my eye. He claims that it works just as good as his buffer, he says he puts it on the slowest setting. He was using Meguiar's NXT. Is this normal? Do people use cordless drill's in place of a buffer for the same results? Sorry if this has been covered here before but I've never heard of this. Thanks in advance!
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Re: Saw neighbor waxing car with cordless drill
It's not something I'd do and as easy as NXT2 is to remove I would think using a buffer would be more work than using a MF towel. -
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Sounds like the mother's powerball for paint. Personally I'd rather do it by hand or with a PC, but doubt it's doing any damage if he's just spreading wax around.
Seems like it would be akward having to hold a drill above the paint surface...and what if the drill slips out of his hand?
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Re: Saw neighbor waxing car with cordless drill
That definitely sounds like the Mothers PowerBall. Was it red and ball-shaped? It's actually intended to be used with a cordless drill, so yes, I guess you could say it is normal.
I agree with kerrinjeff - it would be awkward to use a cordless drill on a car and I'm such a clutz that I would most likely drop it onto my paint. However there have been posts on MOL of people having success with the PowerBall when they detail their wheels.Comment
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Re: Saw neighbor waxing car with cordless drill
Really does depend on what he is using. Companies do make small (2 - 3in) foam pads with a backing plate for cordless drills. It is the same type of foam as the pads you use with a PC. So yes, it might work depending on what he is using. And about the dropping the drill on the paint...whats the difference from that vs. a PC or a Rotary? Drills spin a whole lot slower than a Rotary and are a lot lighter.
Ryan
Edit: Here is a example of the 3in Pads I'm talking about. ADS sells those.Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway.
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Re: Saw neighbor waxing car with cordless drill
You have to support the entire weight of the drill, with arm extended over the center of the hood, whereas with a PC or rotary , it's already sitting on the paint and you are guiding it more or less. Much easier to drop a drill than a PC imhoOriginally posted by lilblkblt04 View PostComment
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Re: Saw neighbor waxing car with cordless drill
Definitely sounds like the Mothers Powerball4 paint. For the use of appying a wax, this should be fine. However, if you have a G110 or something similiar, that is just as easy to apply wax ..Comment
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Re: Saw neighbor waxing car with cordless drill
If memory serves me in the past, was there not a version of the G-100 that was cordless. Wasn't there a issue with the length of time that the battery lasted? Also I believe there was a issue with as the battery wore down the power was not there, obviously. So even tho it is just waxing would you not have the same issues. I think even a corded $30.00 buffer would be better then using a cordless drill.quality creates its own demandComment
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Re: Saw neighbor waxing car with cordless drill
My neighbor wasn't using the powerball, he had a foam pad attachment. He was using the pad to apply NXT, then he said he used a microfiber cloth to take the NXT off. When I first saw it I thought he was drilling into his hood, that's why it stopped me in my tracks.Comment
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PowerBall for paint?
This looks like a great idea because most people own a drill but might not own any kind of polisher. The problem is that it's kind of hard to buff out an entire car using a drill. For most people, it's awkward to hold the drill itself, hold the pad flat to the paint and then buff the paint using controlled overlapping passes as the drill tends to want to walk around on you.
Again, this is as it relates to using a drill to buff out an entire car.
But for spot repair like removing an isolated defect, using any kind of machine is usually a better option than working by hand.
Sometimes your hand is more handy for tight areas where you can't always get a machine so don't ever discount the human hand. Armed with the right product and using the right technique the old fashioned method of rubbing out paint by hand can still be very effective, just a little more time consuming.
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