Advice on high speed buffers/polishers
05-08-2017 | 11:32 AM
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Advice on high speed buffers/polishers
I want to try a power buffer/polisher for rubbing out auto clear coat finishes but have no idea what to get. Electric power air powered? Size ? Etc. etc.. Prefer not to spend big bucks but will spend what it takes to get the job done. Thanks
05-08-2017 | 05:48 PM
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Electric, dual action variable speed. I use a high end Makita, but found out it's really more about pads, compound and technic. You need to keep the glaze/polish "wet" when buffing/cutting clear coat. Use a black, foam waffle pad for cutting-ke the speed slow until you get the hang of it. I don't put the pad flat on the paint - I angle it to keep the pad going one direction and for control. Expect to throw waffle pads away after a coupl of sessions.
One trick I use is to get the waffle pad just damp before charging it with polish. This keeps the surface cool so you don't burn the paint. It's more like using the waffle pad to apply the polish, then slowly buff it out with the pad, letting the polish do the work, no pressure at all.
A 4 inch polisher would be ideal for planes, but I haven't tried one. Mine is a big blue 7 inch one. I favor the 3M and Meguire products. There's a white 3M polish, that escapes me -but stay away from it. It stains, but otherwise works ok. Stains all kinds of stuff...
One trick I use is to get the waffle pad just damp before charging it with polish. This keeps the surface cool so you don't burn the paint. It's more like using the waffle pad to apply the polish, then slowly buff it out with the pad, letting the polish do the work, no pressure at all.
A 4 inch polisher would be ideal for planes, but I haven't tried one. Mine is a big blue 7 inch one. I favor the 3M and Meguire products. There's a white 3M polish, that escapes me -but stay away from it. It stains, but otherwise works ok. Stains all kinds of stuff...
05-08-2017 | 08:26 PM
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Go to Autogeek - We Are Car Care, Car Wax, Car Polish, Auto Detailing Supplies, Car Buffers & Car Accessories Store, great site with a lot of info on polishing automotive clear coats.
05-09-2017 | 02:12 AM
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Take an electric Porter Cable polisher. A lot simpler to setup and handle than pneumatic ones.
However pneumatic polishers can be lighter and more compact if you have the infrastructure.
However pneumatic polishers can be lighter and more compact if you have the infrastructure.
05-09-2017 | 03:36 AM
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Also check out https://shinesupply.com/. They have some of the best compounds that you can buy as well as buffers and other stuff. My son runs a business doing this on high end cars and this is about all he will use. He has tried about all of the different brands.
05-09-2017 | 05:36 AM
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turnnburn,
Hop over to the RC Pattern Universe forum and open the Pattern thread. Scroll to the "Painted Wing, stabs....." thread for a truly excellent tutorial on painting RC models. Specific info on buffers/polishers can be found on Page 10/Post 256 and on Page 14/Post 341. There are links to suppliers of buffers/polishers and their use. Jeremy of LGM Graphics also posted a tutorial on painting jets which may be searched ( and hopefully found) on this RC Jets Forum. Good luck on all this.
Rgds,
Art ARRO
Hop over to the RC Pattern Universe forum and open the Pattern thread. Scroll to the "Painted Wing, stabs....." thread for a truly excellent tutorial on painting RC models. Specific info on buffers/polishers can be found on Page 10/Post 256 and on Page 14/Post 341. There are links to suppliers of buffers/polishers and their use. Jeremy of LGM Graphics also posted a tutorial on painting jets which may be searched ( and hopefully found) on this RC Jets Forum. Good luck on all this.
Rgds,
Art ARRO
