Mike Phillips
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Review: Griots Garage 3 inch Pneumatic Orbital Polisher - Mighty Mouse!
I like to call this tool Mighty Mouse because like the mouse cartoon character it's small but it's
POWERFUL!
This is a mini polisher that runs off air and because of it's small, compact size it enables you to get into tight intricate areas and polish or wax till your heart is content. It comes with a 3" backing plate and works great with 3" and 4" foam, wool and microfiber pads.
How much air do you need?
That's is the most common question when it comes to air tools and here's the deal, you need
4 CFM @ 90 PSI
So if your air compressor can handle that then this is the tool for you. Let's take a closer look at what's in the box and then I'll show you some pictures of this tool in action on a car I've been buffing out for a few days.
Here he is still in the box....
Here's everything taken out of the box except for the thread tape which I keep in the garage.
NICE
Seems most air regulators that come with most products don't really work. You either have the option of full on or just a trickle of air. Not so with this air regulator. It has detent that you can feel as you adjust the pressure to your liking and these detentes lock the setting to where you put it. That's nice but what's better is it actually works. This means you can adjust the air pressure going into the tool and thus control the speed of the buffing pad. Just set it and forget it.
Attaching the backing plate
This little pin wrench comes with the kit and you use this to hold the spindle from spinning while you attach the backing plate and snug it down.
Ready to rock and roll!
Adjusting the pressure
I've already compounded and polished this old 2-door Chevy so next I'm going to machine wax it using the Griot's 3" Mini Pneumatic Random Orbital Polisher with a Lake Country 3" white foam polishing pad and some Dodo Juice Rain Forrest Rub Soft Wax. While your eyes probably go to my fingers making the adjustment for power if you look at the pad you can see she's a spinning.
I'm a machine guy!
Why do anything by hand unless you have to right? Simply rest the face of the pad against the wax in the jar and blip the throttle a few seconds and you're wax machine!
Need to make sure the paint between the two mini chrome skulls is protected.
Don't forget the wheels...
Now this is handy as all heck getting in here and machine polishing the paint on these wheels....
If you like air tools and you have an air compressor this will be you new favorite air tool.
On Autogeek.com
Griots Garage 3 inch Pneumatic Orbital Polisher
I like to call this tool Mighty Mouse because like the mouse cartoon character it's small but it's
POWERFUL!
This is a mini polisher that runs off air and because of it's small, compact size it enables you to get into tight intricate areas and polish or wax till your heart is content. It comes with a 3" backing plate and works great with 3" and 4" foam, wool and microfiber pads.
How much air do you need?
That's is the most common question when it comes to air tools and here's the deal, you need
4 CFM @ 90 PSI
So if your air compressor can handle that then this is the tool for you. Let's take a closer look at what's in the box and then I'll show you some pictures of this tool in action on a car I've been buffing out for a few days.
Here he is still in the box....
Here's everything taken out of the box except for the thread tape which I keep in the garage.
NICE
Seems most air regulators that come with most products don't really work. You either have the option of full on or just a trickle of air. Not so with this air regulator. It has detent that you can feel as you adjust the pressure to your liking and these detentes lock the setting to where you put it. That's nice but what's better is it actually works. This means you can adjust the air pressure going into the tool and thus control the speed of the buffing pad. Just set it and forget it.
Attaching the backing plate
This little pin wrench comes with the kit and you use this to hold the spindle from spinning while you attach the backing plate and snug it down.
Ready to rock and roll!
Adjusting the pressure
I've already compounded and polished this old 2-door Chevy so next I'm going to machine wax it using the Griot's 3" Mini Pneumatic Random Orbital Polisher with a Lake Country 3" white foam polishing pad and some Dodo Juice Rain Forrest Rub Soft Wax. While your eyes probably go to my fingers making the adjustment for power if you look at the pad you can see she's a spinning.
I'm a machine guy!
Why do anything by hand unless you have to right? Simply rest the face of the pad against the wax in the jar and blip the throttle a few seconds and you're wax machine!
Need to make sure the paint between the two mini chrome skulls is protected.
Don't forget the wheels...
Now this is handy as all heck getting in here and machine polishing the paint on these wheels....
If you like air tools and you have an air compressor this will be you new favorite air tool.
On Autogeek.com
Griots Garage 3 inch Pneumatic Orbital Polisher
