Orbital Buffer

[road1will]

What is each of ya'lls favorite orbital buffer? And why?

 

[Sepiroth]

The cheapest one on sale. Because, I'm not doing detailing for a living.

 

[road1will]

lol, thanks.


anyone with a real response?

 

[nc6600]

Do you have a PC 7424?

 

[road1will]

Do you have a PC 7424?

Is that directed at me? No I don't.

 

[nc6600]

Yup, If you dont you should get one! They are one of the most user friendly tools out there, very hard to damage the paint with one. I am sure there are other users on here that can vouch for me.

 

[BOSS]

Dont get a Ryobi! Save your money for something else!

Any of them with a tie-on bonnet are horrible...the come off all the time, and since they move around alot on the buffer pad they reduce the effectiveness of the buffing.


BOSS

 

[blueflamed03]

you want low RPM, variable speed...brand is just brand shopping now.

 

[road1will]

Dont get a Ryobi! Save your money for something else!

Any of them with a tie-on bonnet are horrible...the come off all the time, and since they move around alot on the buffer pad they reduce the effectiveness of the buffing.


BOSS

Yea, i bought a Ryobi one once a couple years ago and put it down after 5 minutes and just did it by hand.

 

[JennaBear]

We have a Porter Cable and are happy with it.

 

[thumper_ehhhhh]

I bought a expensive one years back. I paid about $100 for it. It lasted 3 years then crapped out. I ended up replacing it with a $24 cheap 10" multi orbit one 2 years back. It works just as good.

 

[Chris]

if you have no experience with a buffer of any kind then go for the porter cable 7424, relatively cheap and outstanding machine

 

[dec322]

if you have no experience with a buffer of any kind then go for the porter cable 7424, relatively cheap and outstanding machine

I had one and it was great. Unfortunately the car was black and that just caused headaches. I want to buy another one for the yuk.

 

[Chris]

Why was black a problem for you? My **' is black and it does just fine

 

[Drgnblood]

if your looking for a pc7424 pretty cheap....go to cheapuncle.com and then type in what your looking for....i found one for 109$....thats the cheapest ive seen it anywhere online..

 

[dec322]

Why was black a problem for you? My **' is black and it does just fine

It had some swirls in it so I bought a pc with OC and OP. I spent 8 hrs on it...wash, clay, oc (orange pad) and op (black pad....I think) and topped it off with opti-seal. I slung polish everywhere (too much on the pad) and made a huge mess. I did it with the windows down and got polish in the car. I didn't break it down enough so when I got in full sun I almost puked.

It was rough because I had to do it all over again...one section at a time (I didn't have time to do the whole thing in one shot). I got better results the second time with op on an orange pad (I skipped the oc...overkill for my application). The worse thing is that I had to park it outside and I cringed every time it rained on my cobra. I decided to sell it (I only drove it once a week) and buy another one when I move into a house with a bigger garage. The I could detail it and enjoy all my hard work.

 

[tast101]

I'm happy with my PC.

 

[nc6600]

It had some swirls in it so I bought a pc with OC and OP. I spent 8 hrs on it...wash, clay, oc (orange pad) and op (black pad....I think) and topped it off with opti-seal. I slung polish everywhere (too much on the pad) and made a huge mess. I did it with the windows down and got polish in the car. I didn't break it down enough so when I got in full sun I almost puked.

It was rough because I had to do it all over again...one section at a time (I didn't have time to do the whole thing in one shot). I got better results the second time with op on an orange pad (I skipped the oc...overkill for my application). The worse thing is that I had to park it outside and I cringed every time it rained on my cobra. I decided to sell it (I only drove it once a week) and buy another one when I move into a house with a bigger garage. The I could detail it and enjoy all my hard work.

Make sure to take your time, i usually spend more than 1 day just with the PC on the Yukon and mine isn't even an XL.

 

[tast101]

It had some swirls in it so I bought a pc with OC and OP. I spent 8 hrs on it...wash, clay, oc (orange pad) and op (black pad....I think) and topped it off with opti-seal. I slung polish everywhere (too much on the pad) and made a huge mess. I did it with the windows down and got polish in the car. I didn't break it down enough so when I got in full sun I almost puked.

It was rough because I had to do it all over again...one section at a time (I didn't have time to do the whole thing in one shot). I got better results the second time with op on an orange pad (I skipped the oc...overkill for my application). The worse thing is that I had to park it outside and I cringed every time it rained on my cobra. I decided to sell it (I only drove it once a week) and buy another one when I move into a house with a bigger garage. The I could detail it and enjoy all my hard work.

Before you even cut the buffer on spread your polish on your area, then start at a low speed to spread it around. Once you spread it around then you can crank it up.

 

[withac]

I bought a Sears Craftsman 'cause it was cheap, fifty bucks. I've been very pleased.