Anyone use a cordless drill and the adapter for polishing?

Ryry11

Ryry11

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Was thinking about buying the adapter for my cordless drill and running the 2 3/4 backing plate with 3in pads for tight spaces. I was curious if anyone else does this and wondered a few things:
1. Is it risky due to the high speeds possible with a cordless? Obviously the speed can be controlled, but how risky?
2. Ease of use? Does it make tight spots much easier to polish, or am I better or doing it by hand?
3. Does it leave holograms do to it being a rotary?
Any good pad recommendations?
 
I use my drill with a Mother's powerball mini. Its a handful. I can't imagine how much more of a handful a flat pad would be. I'd just get the Griot's 3" or a small backing plate for your DA.
 
yakky said:
I use my drill with a Mother's powerball mini. Its a handful. I can't imagine how much more of a handful a flat pad would be. I'd just get the Griot's 3" or a small backing plate for your DA.
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I have the powerball, but I tried that for wheels and it sucked. I figured the drill would be pretty easy to use and control, but I could be wrong. It'd just be for tight areas
 
Like everyone else, i can only speculate, but after using the powerball on my drill and experiencing the "runaway drill" if it ever happens to bite a corner or something, i wouldn't want to use it on anything painted.

I'd say a GG 3" would be the best bet. As a matter of fact, I'm thinking i'll add one to my collection over the winter.
 
Currently I'm using this:



And this Meg's G-3ROT is an excellent choice:


But I'd like to have this Meg's G-3DA...(~$60---Temp. on back order):



But overall...I'd have to agree with The Moose:
The Moose said:
I'd say a GG 3" would be the best bet.
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:)

Bob
 
The Moose said:
Like everyone else, i can only speculate, but after using the powerball on my drill and experiencing the "runaway drill" if it ever happens to bite a corner or something, i wouldn't want to use it on anything painted.

I'd say a GG 3" would be the best bet. As a matter of fact, I'm thinking i'll add one to my collection over the winter.
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Yea that powerball just wanted to walk and it sucked. My thinking is that a flat pad attached to a drill would just be a lot like a miny rotary ya know? I'm looking at the GG 3" as well. A backing plate, the drill adapter, and one pad is relatively cheap to give a shot though
 
FUNX725 said:
Currently I'm using this:



And this Meg's G-3ROT is an excellent choice:


But I'd like to have this Meg's G-3DA...(~$60---Temp. on back order):



But overall...I'd have to agree with The Moose:


:)

Bob
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Is that just an acdelco impact drill?? How does it work?
 
I use my drill with the 3m headlight resto kit adapter with Meg's 4" pads all the time. Works great for paint or polishing chrome bumpers.
 
I never had an issue with the power ball mini.

I have a 3" back plate for my PC and will use it when I need it but sometimes the machine is too big to allow me to reach some areas even with the smaller pad. I'd like one of the air tools Bob posted earlier for those situations.

Griots has nice small pneumatic random orbital
 
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