Machine polisher

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:19 pm

B&Q random orbiter and a set of meg's soft buff pads (cutting, polishing,finishin) FTW if you are talking home use.

whole lot for £50. for a budget its done me amazingly well. come see my paintwork if you like

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:55 pm

lewd lude lover wrote:B&Q random orbiter and a set of meg's soft buff pads (cutting, polishing,finishin) FTW if you are talking home use.

whole lot for £50. for a budget its done me amazingly well. come see my paintwork if you like

WIN!

Not bad considering a good polisher can be £200 alone.

macky_6 · Post by **macky_6** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:28 pm

Thanks for the info people, much appreciated

Post by **Gayno** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:18 pm

I've got the DAS-6 pro and it's a great bit of kit. Have done 3 cars with it now, and a mate is using it on his 2, all with great results!

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:24 pm

What about this one?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ferm-Polisher ... 2336wt_952

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:51 pm

cheap but cant see why not. it might not have much torque though. so you would get variance across your polished surface.

vti2003 · Post by **vti2003** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:41 pm

I have some ludicrously expensive air driven ones at work that have built in waterfeed etc. TBH I find my one at home which is a £40 silverline electric one from toolstation easier to use. Massed of power if you need it but also really slow and gentle if needed. Heavier than the air driven one but much more controllable.

Just be careful with rotary polishers - as said above it can go horribly wrong in seconds

As aldo said above go Random Orbit if you are not sure - if you go rotary go slow to start with and to begin with keep the panel wet and cool. Eventually you will begin to feel if you are working it to much in one place. They begin to sort of "bite" on the paint.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:52 pm

I have the silverline rotary one too. Cheap as chips but quite nice to use as you say.