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    Newb with Festool RO150

    Have been debating buying a DA polisher for our cars but wondered if a newb with decent wood skills can do correction and polishing with a RO150 in rotary mode?

    Want to prep our cars for Opti-Coat.

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    Re: Newb with Festool RO150

    I`ve never used one and am not really familiar with this tool but the ads I read said it weighs 11 lbs. Thinking this tool might be a bit heavy for automotive use.
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    Haven`t weighed it but I think 11 lbs might be with the case and extras. Doesn`t feel heavy at all in the hand and I`ve done lots of vertical surfaces with it for extended periods.

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    Re: Newb with Festool RO150

    I`ve been looking at this for years

    let me know how it is please
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    Re: Newb with Festool RO150

    That makes sense.
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    Awesome tool, just wondering if it`s too much tool for a newb doing cars.

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    Re: Newb with Festool RO150

    i have had that polisher for years with great results

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    65chevy, what backing plates, pads, products have you narrowed your use to over the years?

    I`m prepping 14 X1 and 10 Edge for Opti-Coat2. Was planning on using Optimum Polish and Compound II, starting with the polish to get the feel and then cut in areas that need it.

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    Re: Newb with Festool RO150

    i have used green ccs pads with optimum polish and poli seal also there compound

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    Re: Newb with Festool RO150

    Quote Originally Posted by Van G View Post
    Haven`t weighed it but I think 11 lbs might be with the case and extras. Doesn`t feel heavy at all in the hand and I`ve done lots of vertical surfaces with it for extended periods.
    Quote Originally Posted by GearHead_1 View Post
    I`ve never used one and am not really familiar with this tool but the ads I read said it weighs 11 lbs. Thinking this tool might be a bit heavy for automotive use.
    Their website says it weighs 5 pounds. I`m not sure how that relates to other polishers but it is a two-mode DA - forced rotation and random orbital. I think another manufacturer makes this same two mode but the name escapes me.

    Everyone that owns a Festool polisher loves it, from what I`ve read. Most are using the rotary, but I have no problem thinking that their DA polishers wouldn`t be great, as well.

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    Re: Newb with Festool RO150

    Quote Originally Posted by radarryan View Post
    Their website says it weighs 5 pounds. I`m not sure how that relates to other polishers but it is a two-mode DA - forced rotation and random orbital. I think another manufacturer makes this same two mode but the name escapes me.
    Dynabrade?
    http://www.autotoolworld.com/Dynabra..._p_197437.html

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    Re: Newb with Festool RO150

    Never used that Festool, but the Makita 2-mode works in both DA and Forced Rotation modes.

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    Re: Newb with Festool RO150

    Quote Originally Posted by Todd Helme View Post
    Never used that Festool, but the Makita 2-mode works in both DA and Forced Rotation modes.
    Todd, why is there never much talk of the Makita? I am thinking about getting a rotary but this little devil looks intriguing.

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    Re: Newb with Festool RO150

    Maybe this isn`t the same festool I was looking at.
    the one I want/wanted is both rotary and da/fro at the flip of a switch
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    RO 150 is rotary and random orbit, changed by flip of switch. Variable speed.

 

 

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