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Merry Christmas everyone! This is my early Christmas present


My question is, would this polisher be to large to do a fine polishing job? I have noticeable swirl marks on my mustang and was wondering if this would be to large because i see a lot of you guys use smaller polishers.


If so, do you guys recommend using this polishing pad that came with it?


And what's a good fine polishing compound to use? I heard god things about meguiars professional products but they're kind of expensive. Any other alternatives?

Thanks for any help!
 
Save the receipt

You are about to get bombarded with suggestions on which "real polisher to buy"

What you have there is called a "Wax Spreader"
 
allenk4 said:
Save the receipt



You are about to get bombarded with suggestions on which "real polisher to buy"



What you have there is called a "Wax Spreader"
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Thirded, Fourthed, and Fifthed.

Get a Griot's 6" polisher.
 
So basically i cant use this to polish a car at all? This was a gift so i cant take it back...
 
Please return it to Sears. Do your shopping here at the store. Your gonna spend a little more for a polisher and pads but you'll get a better product.

:buffing:
 
It's oversized and under powered. Griots, Porter Cable are reasonable good machines for beginners. flex and Rupes are top end products. On a budget HF does have an inexpensive polisher. You would want to buy a 5" backing plate and 5.5 inch pads. Compounds and polishes. I would go with Menzerna FG 400 for a compound and Optimum Hyper Polish. Both very user friendly.
 
Sears should take it back without a receipt this time of the year.
 
I like craftsman for a lot of things but not these. As recommended a porter cable is a great tool for not a lot of monies.
 
Even the Craftsman 5" variable speed, dual action palm sander would be much better. I have a lot of miles on mine.
 
Wow, bah humbug everyone.

Let me be the first, and maybe only, to say congratulations on new gift and intro to polishing. Merry Christmas!

Read this post earlier while on break from family activities and wanted to post before everyone had a chance to cut your gift down to much, but didn't have time.

A lot of people here are pros and have the correct equipment to get the job done fast. Plus know how much work some paint correction can be.

I am NOT a pro.

I have owned this tool, probably a previous version, and have had good results on single stage paint but HAVE NOT tried correction on my clear coated cars. Just as a wax spreader. Was actually a little supprized after reading the link that Funx725 posted that it will not do much to modern clear coats, but that is why I'm here. To learn.

If you do not wish return this item because of ....or you would like to keep it and play.
Then:

To answer your question from a non pro. Yes, I think it would do fine for "safely polishing" your car for a beginner. You're not going to hurt anything unless you let the handle or body vibrate against paint or mouldings. And understand that it may take a really long time to get results, but better than trying to do it by hand.

If you want to try, just use the pad you pictured(wool), and grab some MEGUIARS MIRROR GLAZE #9 SWIRL REMOVER 2.0 or something similar and go at a section for awhile. Just make sure you work clean so you don't pick up dirt and put more scratches in.

Or save and use a wax spreader. It may save some physical effort.

Also, as others have said, you can most likely return for a in store credit if you have no receipt.
 
DaveT435 said:
It's oversized and under powered. Griots, Porter Cable are reasonable good machines for beginners. flex and Rupes are top end products. On a budget HF does have an inexpensive polisher. You would want to buy a 5" backing plate and 5.5 inch pads. Compounds and polishes. I would go with Menzerna FG 400 for a compound and Optimum Hyper Polish. Both very user friendly.
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dlc95 said:
Even the Craftsman 5" variable speed, dual action palm sander would be much better. I have a lot of miles on mine.
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FUNX725 said:
Here's a good article regarding this type of polisher:

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...ditional-orbital-buffer-aka-wax-spreader.html


Bob
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Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth-ed!

There is simply no way, with any reasonable expectations that a 10" "wax spreader" is going to do any sort of correction on todays paint systems.

Besides it being over sized and under powered, it's just freakishly hard to maneuver and get into and around all the places you'll need to cover. On a budged, the Porter Cable 7424 machine will work, or as someone else said, even the Harbor Freight, or EVEN a DA type sander from Craftsman (with a proper 5½" THIN foam pad).

The good side is no matter WHAT you do with that 10" machine you'll not hurt the paint. You'll not correct it, but at least you'll not hurt it. :rolleyes: The problem will be what a mess it'll make. More likely than not if you DO try and polish with it (it'll be worthless for compounding btw) you'll end up with polish all over your black trim and THAT will take you forever to get off. (If you can get it off at all.) :eek:
 
Yes, it is big and clumsy. My statement,"May save some physical effort" is a quite iffy. Cord doesn't like to stay in and, yes it's not going to correct much.

But, it was a gift. I don't know his situation. Maybe he feels the person would be offended by him returning it. Maybe he barely has enough spare cash buy compound. Someone thought enough about him to buy something they though he would want or use. Just wanted to give an option if he wanted to play with it and not pee on it.

Good luck, Merry Christmas, and there is a ton of great information on this site. Keep reading
 
These do have their uses, just don't expect them to remove swirling or scratches. I have 2, the huge 11" waxcoa, and the smaller 9" Craftsman, thought of selling them a bunch of times, but renegged.

Here's what I found them to be good at doing.

Applying and removing waxes. They are great for covering lots of square footage in short time, large panels, commercial vehicles, trailers, and if you're dealing with some tough to remove paste carnaubas, etc, they can take lots of wear and tear off your hands-arms.

Another benefit would be the application of cleaner waxes. Again, saving wear and tear on hands, one can work an area till the cows come home, literally hold the machine with one hand, a cup of coffee in the other for a 1/2 hour in one spot, no harm to paint!

They'll produce very nice results for waxing, impossible to harm paint, unless you start banging the machine into mirrors.

In the olden days I did often call on these machines to even a finish after rotary buffing-polishing, and they would even-smooth the finish further to remove slight buffer trails-holograms, and lay down a coat of wax-sealant.

I remember with the old Waxcoa Machines, they usually used to come with both a wax and glaze, and they suggested these two products be used together on the machine's pad to apply. I see no reason why such today cannot be done, same like with other DA machines, a combination-mixture of a couple products, apply, and then either remove by hand, or again with machine with a fresh clean Bonnet.

If you plan on doing paint corrections though, yes, you'll need a different machine such as some others that have been suggested here.

You'll have to then decide the worth of either keeping this machine, or returning it, dependent if such will fill your personal needs.
 
I am a beginner and started with something like that from Home Depot the next day I returned it because it's garbage it didn't do what I wanted it to, go to harbor freight pick up their polisher should be like $50? Then a 20% off coupon . Probably the same price as that polisher, but Merry Christmas and don't get the cheap stuff your not gonna get the results you want your gonna waste your time and gonna want something better


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First off, Merry Christmas! :)

Also, as mentioned, that is a wax spreader. Since it's a gift, I'd just keep it. Don't worry about it! Learn from it. It's a good first start. You'll step up to a polisher with real correction power when you choose to do so. Have fun with it! Just make sure to change out the pads/bonnets often and you'll be waxing in no time.

It's a start :) find some waxes and go to town!
 
Mantilgh said:
Wow, bah humbug everyone.

Let me be the first, and maybe only, to say congratulations on new gift and intro to polishing. Merry Christmas!

Read this post earlier while on break from family activities and wanted to post before everyone had a chance to cut your gift down to much, but didn't have time.

A lot of people here are pros and have the correct equipment to get the job done fast. Plus know how much work some paint correction can be.

I am NOT a pro.

I have owned this tool, probably a previous version, and have had good results on single stage paint but HAVE NOT tried correction on my clear coated cars. Just as a wax spreader. Was actually a little supprized after reading the link that Funx725 posted that it will not do much to modern clear coats, but that is why I'm here. To learn.

If you do not wish return this item because of ....or you would like to keep it and play.
Then:

To answer your question from a non pro. Yes, I think it would do fine for "safely polishing" your car for a beginner. You're not going to hurt anything unless you let the handle or body vibrate against paint or mouldings. And understand that it may take a really long time to get results, but better than trying to do it by hand.

If you want to try, just use the pad you pictured(wool), and grab some MEGUIARS MIRROR GLAZE #9 SWIRL REMOVER 2.0 or something similar and go at a section for awhile. Just make sure you work clean so you don't pick up dirt and put more scratches in.

Or save and use a wax spreader. It may save some physical effort.

Also, as others have said, you can most likely return for a in store credit if you have no receipt.
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There is some truth here.

I suppose we get spoiled with our more advanced machines.

I bought a book on detailing that featured this type of polisher. I believe it was written over 20 years ago.

I even used one of those types of machines for a long time. Meguiar's #9 Swirl Remover (before 2.0 even) was one of my most used products with that machine. After, I usually hand waxed with #26. It was my either my follow up to #2 Fine Cut Cleaner on the rotary, or as a time saver on the wax spreader.

#80 Speed Glaze is another product I use a lot on the wax spreader, followed by #26.
 
Guess I'll add something else if you're still here. If you are going to try it, you may want to pick up some extra bonnets if you can. Forget about slinging product everywhere, worry about slinging the bonnet. Usually wants to happen when you are working on small areas like mirrors, pillars, and spoiler. The bonnet will start to work its way off, and then zing, it goes flying if you don't get it shut off quick enough. Also, start and stop the machine on the paint for the same reason.
 
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