No need to buy expensive polishing machine!

kenchan · 06-13-2013, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

18 HOURS?!?!?! Do you spit shine the leather and use brushes on the air vents?
(Or do you drive a Knight XV?)

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im just slow...

i do clean the vents and the nooks in the interior very well.

standard light polish and wax usually takes me 6-7hrs. then wheel wells, engine bay, exhaust, interior, just add up more hrs.

jaedub · 06-14-2013, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

huh, for only $30, that's pretty cool!

It's actually $20 bucks

Ubetit · 06-14-2013, 09:50 AM

Buffers do not have to cost $300. Nice inexpensive buffer kit

DEpointfive0 · 06-14-2013, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Ubetit

Buffers do not have to cost $300. Nice inexpensive buffer kit

This is still 1/4 the price, and no shipping, and you can have it same day

(Assuming you wouldn't use their pads or liquid)

Ubetit · 06-14-2013, 11:11 AM

Take away the pads and polish which you'll need for either machine ($8 a pad x 3, and $14.99 for Speed or some other polish) and you end up with that 3D machine costing $60, the other is $20 plus velcro and some time.

I don't care which you choose as it's not my car and paint you are working on, I just posted here to counter the biased information that was presented on the cost of a good RO machine. He exaggerated the cost to make a point, which we all do, but a good RO machine does not cost $300+. That's really it.

If others rush out to buy the Turtle Wax buffer because of this thread... great. I'm sure it will be a nice "gateway" drug to them getting into paint correction. It can be fun and is certainly rewarding.

Cmike2780 · 06-14-2013, 11:40 AM

Nice improvisation, but you can usually pick up a used Porter Cable DA polisher for another $50-$80. Meg's also has a dual-polisher you attach to a drill which sells for something like $50 new if you don't want to spend a ton of cash. Seems like a no brainer though considering it's going to take you twice as long for the same results. You also have to wonder how long this thing will last. If you have to buy a new one every time you do a full detail, it doesn't seem worth the headache. I'd rather spend a bit more on equipment that last and known to work.

I'm also a bit OCD. Even with a PC, it usually takes me an entire weekend to do a full paint correction including wash, clay bar, polish and wax.

kenchan · 06-14-2013, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jaedub

It's actually $20 bucks

dayam.. even bettAr.

DEpointfive0 · 06-15-2013, 03:35 PM

If people DIE for variable speed and a Porter Cable:

Same thing, (I bet made in the same factory, lol) at Harbor Freight

06-14-2013, 09:50 AM	#33 (permalink)
Ubetit Track Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 527 Drives: the women lazy Rep Power: 14	Buffers do not have to cost $300. Nice inexpensive buffer kit Last edited by Ubetit; 06-14-2013 at 09:52 AM.

06-14-2013, 11:11 AM	#35 (permalink)
Ubetit Track Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 527 Drives: the women lazy Rep Power: 14	Take away the pads and polish which you'll need for either machine ($8 a pad x 3, and $14.99 for Speed or some other polish) and you end up with that 3D machine costing $60, the other is $20 plus velcro and some time. I don't care which you choose as it's not my car and paint you are working on, I just posted here to counter the biased information that was presented on the cost of a good RO machine. He exaggerated the cost to make a point, which we all do, but a good RO machine does not cost $300+. That's really it. If others rush out to buy the Turtle Wax buffer because of this thread... great. I'm sure it will be a nice "gateway" drug to them getting into paint correction. It can be fun and is certainly rewarding. Last edited by Ubetit; 06-14-2013 at 11:19 AM.

06-14-2013, 11:40 AM	#36 (permalink)
Cmike2780 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 5,059 Drives: slowwww Rep Power: 29	Nice improvisation, but you can usually pick up a used Porter Cable DA polisher for another $50-$80. Meg's also has a dual-polisher you attach to a drill which sells for something like $50 new if you don't want to spend a ton of cash. Seems like a no brainer though considering it's going to take you twice as long for the same results. You also have to wonder how long this thing will last. If you have to buy a new one every time you do a full detail, it doesn't seem worth the headache. I'd rather spend a bit more on equipment that last and known to work. I'm also a bit OCD. Even with a PC, it usually takes me an entire weekend to do a full paint correction including wash, clay bar, polish and wax. __________________ [09][MB][6-Spd MT][Touring][Stillen Gen III][K&N][Borla CBE][Evo-R] [ArchitTEK Photography] Last edited by Cmike2780; 06-14-2013 at 11:44 AM.

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