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I know most of you probably hand wax or hand polish, but for those of you that prefer to use tools to do the work over broad expanses of sheet metal, which polisher/buffers do you recommend.
I currently have a Makita 7" circular polisher/sander that i use when doing the initial buff from the wetsanding stage of fresh paint jobs, but it rarely does that good a job in getting swirl marks out and really putting a nice shine on the car, so i was considering buying a second orbital style buffer , like the porter cable 7424XP or the Cyclo dual head machine sold on Autogeek.net to get the finder levels of shine done quicker than it takes by doing by hand...I am just getting too old to rub all my old cars smooth every month, and need a little machine assistance. Trying to get feedback from a few that may utilize the devices before blowing 300.00 on a dual head polisher.
I've had the lower quality buffing orbital polishing machines and while they don't suck, they really don't perform up to snuff for what i'm looking for, and plan to go with a more single minded tool, Porter cable seems to have a pretty good following, but have to admit that the Cyclo orbital really looks intriguing. I'm used to using hand grinders so using the porter cable wouldn't be a major inconvenience.
Any recommendations?
Lord Warlock
I currently have a Makita 7" circular polisher/sander that i use when doing the initial buff from the wetsanding stage of fresh paint jobs, but it rarely does that good a job in getting swirl marks out and really putting a nice shine on the car, so i was considering buying a second orbital style buffer , like the porter cable 7424XP or the Cyclo dual head machine sold on Autogeek.net to get the finder levels of shine done quicker than it takes by doing by hand...I am just getting too old to rub all my old cars smooth every month, and need a little machine assistance. Trying to get feedback from a few that may utilize the devices before blowing 300.00 on a dual head polisher.
I've had the lower quality buffing orbital polishing machines and while they don't suck, they really don't perform up to snuff for what i'm looking for, and plan to go with a more single minded tool, Porter cable seems to have a pretty good following, but have to admit that the Cyclo orbital really looks intriguing. I'm used to using hand grinders so using the porter cable wouldn't be a major inconvenience.
Any recommendations?
Lord Warlock