Old School Rub Out/ Coming Soon!

[Larry A]

That buffer looks as old as God. My buffer is from the middle 60s and it doesent look like that.

[Bill D]

What wonderful pieces of nostalgia!

Collecting vintage buffers can be yet another sub hobby for a certified car crazy enthusiast Thanks for giving me another idea to contemplate

I'd love to gather an assortment and have them on display on a shelf.

[gbackus]

Remember to only use 4 ply twisted white wool cutting pads for cutting, and natural leather backed sheepskin polishing discs for polishing as well

[Teak]

I look forward to seeing the result.

Eric

[Jbirk]

Joe,

Be really careful with that buffer. It is all metal construction and probably ungrounded. Chances are good it ha s been dropped, abused, and the connections inside can be brittle. It was not uncommon in those days to get shocked using equipment like that. Now add 50 years of age to it.

It would probably be best to take it apart, clean the brushes, replace the switch, replace the electrical cord, and also add a groud to it. Then for extra measure, plug it into a GFCI outlet: D

Essentially, your goal is to evaluate the condition of the internal parts and then remove the cord and replace it with a new one in exactly the same wiring configureation, but you make 100% sure you have no exposed wire, and you add a groud wire!

Honestly, the G-100 has got to be a lot safer.


If you don't want to take it apart and test it, get a MultiMetor (a cheap one is fine).

1. Put the buffer on a cardboard box
2. Turn it on
3. Plug it in
4. Set the Multimetor to AC and just select auto, then put one lead on the buffer and another in the ground of any outlet. If you get a reading like 0, you should be fine. If it reads something like 120 don't touch it. You can easily test the multimetor by plugging the leads into an outlet. You will get something like 119 to 123


I suggest you either service, or inspect this unit before you use it.

[Jbirk]

Oh,

I second the idea of doing half old style and half new.

I would like to see the corn startch... vs the newer cleaners, polish, and wax

I just want to see that we have actually progressed in the last 40 to 60 years.

[Mark2]

Cool idea. Just like Jbirk pointed out, be careful with those old machines or it could go like this---->

[sneek]

been waiting a long time for this...............

[saturn2]

I wonder if he gets socked by the old buffer would he go back in time like back in the future.

[saturn2]

I would like to see a video of this

[zaink]

Originally posted by Jbirk
Oh,

I second the idea of doing half old style and half new.

I would like to see the corn startch... vs the newer cleaners, polish, and wax

I just want to see that we have actually progressed in the last 40 to 60 years.

[TH0001]

Yeah, whatever happened with this one?

[rusty bumper]

Seems like I remember seeing the buffout a while back, but maybe it was in another thread....

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Here it is:

http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8623&highlight=kerosene

[Scottwax]

Rusty-thanks for the link!

That is so cool!