It is a 6 inch random orbital buffer, for $25, so I bought it, any past comments on this bad boy? It says 3200 rpm, is that too much?

 

Yea...no past experience, but if it cost $25 then it probably isn't worth wasting your time with. You get what you pay for.

 

Absolute waste of money. Buy a PC or cyclo if you want to start doing some paint correction.

 

It's fine for applying a wax, but it's not of much use to remove swirls or any type of defect.

 

Im gonna use on my sisters hood, and fully detail that, and see how it works.

 

On second thought...if the thing you bought looks like this:


then I have, indeed had experience with it. Before starting my OWN detailing business I worked with a local detailer here last summer. In his arsenal, he had one of the above ^^. I had the unfortunate experience of actually having to use that POS to work on one of his customer's cars. Seriously, don't waste your time. Like Octane Guy said, yea, it can be used to apply wax, but if you are trying to remove heavy or even light defects in the paint it really is not worth the trouble with that machine.

Actually, when I was using, it put in more swirls than it took out, but that was also likely due to the fact that the guy I was working for used dirty Towels, bonnets, oh...and did I mention he buffed polish and wax with PAPER TOWELS?!?! Needless to say, I was not impressed with his business, and only worked for him for three days. What a bad experience that was...

 

Nope, that was the more expensive version , I got this to learn, through trial and error, on my sisters car, and if it can effectively buff off wax, then its worth it to me.

 

Big ditto on everyone else's advice.

If you just want to play with something without much $ investment then I guess it won't hurt. (just don't pair it with any abrasives and use only very clean bonnets!)

But if you really just want something that will help you buff of wax, then I'd just buy some super quality microfiber (high thread count and long nap). Anyone I've ever talked to who has used both techniques for wax removal agree that good MF is actually more effective and easier than one of the wee cheapo buffers.

The good news is that $25 isn't much to have dropped! And, sometimes its just fun to play with something new. LOL! Just don't expect much from it, that's all!

-Heather

 

I've used those as well and the problem is when you try to lean in and apply pressure, they don't have the power to keep going - they simply stop moving properly and so do little to remove swirls. As someone said - the only thing I'd use something like this for would be way application, where all you're doing is simply allpying a light coat of product.


Do yourself a favor and, if you're interested in power buffing, look into Detailer's Paradise's Porter Cable kit... It's very well priced and seems to have all you need, plus Heather seems great to work with.

 

Thanks for the link and the nice comment, ImagoX.

Flannelhippie- Should you want to get into the power buffing, feel free to give us a call (or email or PM) if you need help... We can help with everything from choosing the right pad for the job to walking you through the machine polishing process. All of our advice is customized to what results you're looking for and your specific car/paint/etc.

In the meantime, have fun with what you have!

-Heather