Meguiars Unigrit 3 Inch Finishing Discs

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Can the Meguiars Unigrit 3 Inch Finishing Discs and sanding discs be used with a electric rotary or are they best used with the air tool kit?
 
AeroCleanse said:
Can the Meguiars Unigrit 3 Inch Finishing Discs and sanding discs be used with a electric rotary or are they best used with the air tool kit?
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I don't know what Meguiar's official recommendation is for this you might want to call and check with them.

Sandpaper attached to a rotary buffer is called grinding, it's been done for years, a lot of times you'll see rotary buffers listed or advertised as,

Grinder/Polisher


Because you can do both with a rotary buffer. If you use sandpaper to grind, be very careful as the direct drive power of a rotary will enable you to remove a lot of material very quickly.

Are you thinking about doing this on headlights?



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AeroCleanse said:
Wondering if I need to buy the kit as it has air tools, or I can make my own kit up using my Makita rotary.
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If you have an air compressor and want the tools then get the kit.

If you don't have an air-compressor or don't want to purchase the air tools, then call Customer Care as I'm sure they will sell the papers, interface and backing plates by themselves...


Meguiars Unigrit 3 Inch Sanding Discs

Meguiars Unigrit 3 Inch Finishing Discs

Meguiars Unigrit 3 Inch Professional Backing Plate and Adapter Kit

Meguiars Unigrit 3 Inch Foam Interface Pad

You'll also need a 3" backing plate for your rotary... we have two that are close, but they should work as long as you use the interface pad, I haven't check yet so don't quote me...

2-3/4 inch Hook & Loop Rotary Backing Plate

Rotary 2 7/8 inch Flexible Backing Plate



Here's their number


1-800-869-3011


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So I can make my own kit and just use a rotary, no need for the air tools in the kit?

I know AutoGeek has all the products separate as well as the kit.
 
I could be wrong, but doesn't that kit include one DA and one Rotary air tool? The DA being there for the sanding portion of the work, the rotary for the polishing part?

If that's the case, I don't see why you're asking if the sanding discs can be used via rotary when clearly that's not the intent regardless if it's air or electric powered....
 
AeroCleanse said:
So I can make my own kit and just use a rotary, no need for the air tools in the kit?

I know AutoGeek has all the products separate as well as the kit.
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Hot off the press....

Meguiar's has launched a new kit without the air tools but it does come with a backing plate for the rotary...

That's all I know so far. If you want to get these products now then order what we have in stock if you want the kit then I'm confident we'll be getting it in as soon as they start working through the pipeline...



Shiny Lil Detlr said:
If that's the case, I don't see why you're asking if the sanding discs can be used via rotary when clearly that's not the intent regardless if it's air or electric powered....
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All questions are welcome...


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The rotary is a forced rotation so it is going to create more heat and gum up quickly. Plus with a rotary as Mike has mentioned the rotary will give you a grinding effect vs a da that is meant to be a sander with the oscillating action of the tool. The only time you want to use a rotary and sand paper is to remove the paint, the rotary is just too aggressive a tool to sand paint.
 
ASPHALT ROCKET said:
The rotary is a forced rotation so it is going to create more heat and gum up quickly. Plus with a rotary as Mike has mentioned the rotary will give you a grinding effect vs a da that is meant to be a sander with the oscillating action of the tool. The only time you want to use a rotary and sand paper is to remove the paint, the rotary is just too aggressive a tool to sand paint.
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As the kit is aimed at headlights, I don't think there is much chance of going though the paint on them
 
AeroCleanse said:
As the kit is aimed at headlights, I don't think there is much chance of going though the paint on them
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Nope, but you can melt the heck out of them with the rotary and sand paper. Same thing also that the paper is going to gum up and mar or even gash the plastic. Plain and simple sand paper does not belong on a rotary, this is were common sense would come in to play or would at least you would hope it would.

Find it funny you quoted me, not Mike or Shiny LIl Detailer when they said about the same thing. I guess some people just never learn.
 
I understand now :doh:

I watched some video's that Meguiars Asia has up on youtube. I must have missed part of it. They sanded with the air DA, then buffed and polished with an air rotary. The two units look the same to me, but I must have missed the caption the first time round.
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