Playing with the idea of getting a rotary

[gregcavi]

Hello everyone!

I have been thinking about getting a rotary for a little while. I would just get the same size backing plate to fit my 7.5" pads to make it convenient. I have a few questions now. What practice steps should i take before actually buffing a cars paint?

Second question. Is this garbage?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=46507

( i know were not supposed to put links in but i knew no one would know what I was talking about. Mods, please remove if i broke the rule. I apologize if I did.

Thanks

Greg

[escape]

I have been thinking about getting the same unit. Can't beat the price. I have heard good things about this from other forums. It's a low grade unit, but I guess it works well if your not going to use it constantly. I only want it to do my hood and roof. I had to have it repainted after an unfortunate incident and I just can't get the paint quite right with my Porter-Cable.

[gregcavi]

my best freind works for a guy in our town. They do boat detailing. They own 3 of them. They got em when they were 25 bucks. They use them all the time and they have held up great.

Greg

[gb387]

I think there has been a couple people pick one up form Harbor Freight.... Don in the post below picked one up and had some very good results. Look around for his posts talked about using a junk yard hood and so on. Who know he might see this post.

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4954&highlight=Don+Rotary

[Tim Lingor]

Hey,

I have seen a lot of talk lately regarding that rotary. It may not be built like the Makita or the Dewalt, but for the person that will only do their own vehilces a few times a year, it will probably work just fine!

Tim

[Don]

Originally posted by gb387
I think there has been a couple people pick one up form Harbor Freight.... Don in the post below picked one up and had some very good results. Look around for his posts talked about using a junk yard hood and so on. Who know he might see this post.

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/sho...ght=Don+Rotary

Yep, I saw the post... So far, I have't regretted spending the 30 some dollars on the rotary from Harbor Freight (got it on sale @ $24.99). With my limited experience with it, it's slower than the PC BUT i do seem to be getting better results with LESS aggresive products.

Right now the standings are:

PC: faster, but more aggresive products needed

Rotary: Slower, but better results with milder products

[Mike Phillips]

Hi Greg,

As others have commented, numerous posts have been made about this polisher and all/most of them have been positive as far as the operation and reliability. Hard to beat the price.

Mike

I edited your post to keep it family friendly

[Wooglin]

Not sure about the above polishers/buffer but the Wal-mart near me had a Coleman Powermate 6 in. orbitial polisher/buffer for 15 bucks. It should do the trick on a cheap budject

[99saturnsc1]

I can't speak for he polisher but I had the $25.00 grinder and it was slow but ok. I used it almost daily @ work for about three weeks and it decided to retire. Still for 25 bucks it wasn"t bad

[Don]

Originally posted by 99saturnsc1
I can't speak for he polisher but I had the $25.00 grinder and it was slow but ok. I used it almost daily @ work for about three weeks and it decided to retire. Still for 25 bucks it wasn"t bad

I've had a few people "in the business" (body shops) tell me that for the average enthusiast detailing their own car and perhaps a few cars on the side, these buffers are a good deal. They said however that for professional shop use, they would last about a week.

[gb387]

Originally posted by Don
I've had a few people "in the business" (body shops) tell me that for the average enthusiast detailing their own car and perhaps a few cars on the side, these buffers are a good deal. They said however that for professional shop use, they would last about a week.

Don... can you vary the speed on this buffer? Is there a dial like the PC or just the trigger switch?

[Don]

Originally posted by gb387
Don... can you vary the speed on this buffer? Is there a dial like the PC or just the trigger switch?

'Soft start' trigger with speed dial (like the PC)

[gregcavi]

Thanks for all the great advice everyone. Sorry for the "C" word mike. haha.

Greg

[99saturnsc1]

I just gotta ask

What does pc stand for? I assume it's NOT personal computer

[Tim Lingor]

Hey,

PC stands for Porter Cable DA Polisher either Model 7424 or 7336.

Tim