i need to borrow a high speed buffer

[ScottyB]

anyone willing to lend me their buffer for a day or 2? i need to do some wet sanding and my orbital just wont cut it. i have all the waxes and compunds, just need the buffer and a couple pads. i can leave some collateral if needed. cash, license, anything you would need from me to be able to take it for a few days. i can come pick it up.

scott
708 299 7067
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[Turk]

I have a porter cable... Don't know if it's powerful enough for you though.

 

[ScottyB]

what is the speed range?

 

[Turk]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004SUQ8/?tag=tcg21-20

 

[ScottyB]

yea it looks like its more of a polisher than anything. it would be nicer than my orbital, but prob not what i need to wet sand.

thanks though!

 

[Theautoguy]

I have a DeWalt variable 9" but I will need collateral...I work in Itasca.

 

[Carls2001ws6]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004SUQ8/?tag=tcg21-20

I got the same one, awesome product right here
Amazon wants 230
I'd say wet sand = no problem

but whatever

 

[ThirdgenTa]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004SUQ8/?tag=tcg21-20

why is it so expensive and why is it described as a random orbital?
They are $150 or less everywhere else and the one you posted a link to is the older verson that barely works. You can get a whole kit with the porter-cable, pads and polishes for what they are charging.
Are you using this to sand or to buff the sanding marks?

 

[Turk]

why is it so expensive and why is it described as a random orbital?
They are $150 or less everywhere else and the one you posted a link to is the older verson that barely works. You can get a whole kit with the porter-cable, pads and polishes for what they are charging.
Are you using this to sand or to buff the sanding marks?

You act as if I'm the retailer selling it or something. I just posted the link to the same unit that I have.

 

[Carls2001ws6]

I think I paid maybe 100 bucks for mine a couple years ago from Lowes.

For 100 it works great

 

[Turk]

I don't remember what I paid for mine, I like it a lot though. I rarely use it cause I'm a firm believer that polishing adds more scratches than it takes out, but I have used it on certain areas to get rid of deeper scratches.

 

[ThirdgenTa]

You act as if I'm the retailer selling it or something. I just posted the link to the same unit that I have.

Nah just thinkin to myself I guess. Do you have the xp version or the original

 

[Turk]

Dunno. I'd have to go out to the garage and check.

 

[ThirdgenTa]

I don't remember what I paid for mine, I like it a lot though. I rarely use it cause I'm a firm believer that polishing adds more scratches than it takes out, but I have used it on certain areas to get rid of deeper scratches.

Wtf? You are removing scratches when you polish properly. Then you seal the paint. Washing improperly instills more scratches

 

[Turk]

Polishing properly??? You remove the scratch by scratching the paint and removing it with fine scratches, am I incorrect in my thinking??? It's funny that you always have to "seal" the paint afterwards to hide all the fine scratches that the polishing just added.

 

[ThirdgenTa]

Polishing properly??? You remove the scratch by scratching the paint and removing it with fine scratches, am I incorrect in my thinking??? It's funny that you always have to "seal" the paint afterwards to hide all the fine scratches that the polishing just added.

You are removing very thin layers of clearcoat. You have enough on the car to do this multiple times if you do it right. I can gaurantee you that I can polish a car and then strip the paint of all waxes and oils and it will not have any scratches. The wax that you apply after the polishing is to protect th paint from uv rays and so that contaminants don't bond to the paint as easily.
You probably just take your car through automatics and then use wax with fillers to make it look better.

 

[ThirdgenTa]

I did this a few weeks ago. Its a crappy pic but left side swirled, right side corrected. I actually used isoprophyl alcohol to strip everything off the clearcoat. So tell me I'm wrong.

 

[Turk]

My M3 has never seen an automatic wash, I am very careful with the paint on it, and my Black SS was owned by me for 10 years 100k miles and never seen an automatic wash.

 

[jason05gt]

I I rarely use it cause I'm a firm believer that polishing adds more scratches than it takes out, but I have used it on certain areas to get rid of deeper scratches.

It's the opposite. Buffing takes out scratches. With a good pad and compound you can remove the majority of defects from paint.

 

[Turk]

Remember when we polished Jon's hood, where those scratches were? We got rid of them 90%, but we also added many small surface scratches. The hood looked a lot better after we polished it, but you can't deny it didn't add small surface scratches.

 

[ThirdgenTa]

Remember when we polished Jon's hood, where those scratches were? We got rid of them 90%, but we also added many small surface scratches. The hood looked a lot better after we polished it, but you can't deny it didn't add small surface scratches.

What pad and compounds did you use? Do you guys have experience with a polisher? You probably needed to follow it up with something less aggressive.
Also the true test is to look at the panels in the sun.

Check out the paint before and afters on this thing..
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/33279-aston-martin-detail-barry-theal.html

 

[jason05gt]

Remember when we polished Jon's hood, where those scratches were? We got rid of them 90%, but we also added many small surface scratches. The hood looked a lot better after we polished it, but you can't deny it didn't add small surface scratches.

I cannot remember what we used, but if it was clean orange cutting pad and a good compound it would have left the surface virtually swirl free.

 

[Turk]

That guy did anamazing job at that aston. My question is, after the wax layer comes off, you don't think there will be any swirls???

 

[jason05gt]

That guy did anamazing job at that aston. My question is, after the wax layer comes off, you don't think there will be any swirls???

If you presoak it and wash it properly, you can minimize the swirls on a dark colored car.

 

[Turk]

If you presoak it and wash it properly, you can minimize the swirls on a dark colored car.

But you're saying you'd still expect there to be swirls even when done by a guy that is as meticulous as this one?