[s-cars] Polisher Recommendations Sought

[Bruce]

I think it's more about torque than rotational speed, especially if it's
random motion. When I lean hard on my Porter Cable, it stops. Granted, I'd
rather be doing that at low rather than high speed, and the speed is in fact
adjustable, but as long as it will not keep spinning if you press very hard,
the risk of burning the paint if very low.

Of course, the most important ingredient is the type of polish chosen, and
how abrasive it is. Heavy compound will go right through clearcoat and
scratch like crazy at 500 RPM, much less 1100.

For hand waxing, I always loved Malm's stuff (www.malms.com), had better
results on black cars than anything else I'd tried. Plus they have the
craziest looking random orbital polisher I've ever seen, but I was too
scared to try it.

For machine polish, the Griot's stuff seems to work really well on my red
car.

Bruce
'93 S4


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Platt" <mplatt911 at yahoo.com>
To: <recap at labyrinth.net>
Cc: "Scar" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 4:41 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Polisher Recommendations Sought


> Haven't done a lot of reading on this but I will tell
> you it saves a lot of labor doing the wax on / wax off
> thing. Groits has a lot of neat pads and stuff to use.
> My polisher came with a bottle of Meguiars cleaner/wax
> and some basic instructions. I have yet to dabble in
> removing heavy scratches but oxidation comes off fine
> and some fine car wash type scratches.
> --- "Michael K. Knaggs" <recap at labyrinth.net> wrote:
> > My $.02,
> >
> > The last word I heard on polishers is that most
> > operate at too high a
> > speed.  The advice I got was to choose one with a
> > rotational speed of less
> > than 1200 RPM.  I found a polisher, not orbital
> > though, made by Black &
> > Decker that offered two speeds.  The lowest speed
> > was ~1100 RPM.  I bought
> > it and used it with few complaints.  Have you read,
> > or seen, any of the
> > FYI's on polishing auto finishes?  The last time I
> > visited, Meguiar's had a
> > decent one on their web page.
> >
> > -Mike Knaggs
> > '92 100CSQ Pearl 106K
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Platt [SMTP:mplatt911 at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:49 AM
> > To: MLBess at aol.com
> > Cc: Audilist
> > Subject: [V6-12v] Subject: [s-cars] Polisher
> > Recommendations Sought
> >
> > Bought the same Porter Cable orbital polisher as
> > Groit's from the internet for a lot less. Didn't
> > have
> > the carry case but it comes with a pad and a wrench.
> > Works well. Try this link out.
> >
> > http://www.delta-tools.net/porifrec6ran.html
> >
> > Good Luck
> > Mike
> > 95.5 S6 avant
> > 75 Carrera targa
> >
> > I get to choose my own Father's Day gift!  So I am
> > in
> > the market for a
> > good
> > polisher (I have given up on my Wal-Mart orbital
> > special which bogs
> > down when
> > any pressure is put on it).
> >
> > Looking at the Griot catalog, they sell the Porter
> > Cable orbital
> > polisher,
> > but at a price which I believe is excessively marked
> > up.
> >
> > Are there other options to this unit (Makita,
> > Milwaukee, etc.) and who
> > has
> > the best prices (possibly for the P-C if that is the
> > consensus for
> > being the
> > best unit)?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Mike Bess
> > '95 S6
> >
> >
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