...with a rotary?
This past spring, I decided to learn to polish with a rotary. I bought a Chicago on sale at HF for ~$20, a couple of backing plates and went to work on a spare hood. Truth be told, I wasn't very good with the machine. It would hop all over the place, suddenly take off across the paint, requiring Herculean strength to keep in line. I attributed it all to my lack of experience and expertise. I watched hours upon hours of rotary videos, read a lot, and still had little success with the machine.
I couldn't believe just how badly things were going. Folks in the videos handled the machines with a light touch as the pads would glide on the paint. My rotary would never allow the pads to glide. Jumping was more like it as I gripped the Chicago for dear life. As I was pretty good with the Flex DA and the PC, I couldn't quite understand why I sucked this much.
A couple of weeks ago I saw a Makita 9227c at a price too good to refuse. I pulled the trigger somewhat reluctantly, thinking that I could always sell it. After the machine arrived, I wasted no time firing it up on a spare hood. Folks, let me tell you - it was a night and day difference. All of a sudden, I had control over the machine, my pads were doing what I wanted and I was having a blast. I've done a couple of cars since then, feeling the improvement at every turn. Not only does my work look better, but the rotary is so much fun to use that it should be illegal. Now I'm kicking myself for not buying a good machine to begin with.
This past spring, I decided to learn to polish with a rotary. I bought a Chicago on sale at HF for ~$20, a couple of backing plates and went to work on a spare hood. Truth be told, I wasn't very good with the machine. It would hop all over the place, suddenly take off across the paint, requiring Herculean strength to keep in line. I attributed it all to my lack of experience and expertise. I watched hours upon hours of rotary videos, read a lot, and still had little success with the machine.
I couldn't believe just how badly things were going. Folks in the videos handled the machines with a light touch as the pads would glide on the paint. My rotary would never allow the pads to glide. Jumping was more like it as I gripped the Chicago for dear life. As I was pretty good with the Flex DA and the PC, I couldn't quite understand why I sucked this much.
A couple of weeks ago I saw a Makita 9227c at a price too good to refuse. I pulled the trigger somewhat reluctantly, thinking that I could always sell it. After the machine arrived, I wasted no time firing it up on a spare hood. Folks, let me tell you - it was a night and day difference. All of a sudden, I had control over the machine, my pads were doing what I wanted and I was having a blast. I've done a couple of cars since then, feeling the improvement at every turn. Not only does my work look better, but the rotary is so much fun to use that it should be illegal. Now I'm kicking myself for not buying a good machine to begin with.
