Mothers Wax attack palm polisher - any good?

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nzgunnie

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Here in New Zealand we don't seem to be able to get any decent buffers/polishers, certainly no PC brand ones, and all I can find in most places are rotary polishers that are nothing more than pads attached to angle grinders, or really cheap rotary polishers sold for around $50NZ ($30US), neither of which seems to be worthwile.



My question is how usefull would this Mothers 'Wax Attack' polisher be?



Wax Attack Mothers Hand Polisher kit..!!!!! Norwood Parade Auto Spares open 7 days www.derek.com.au



These seem to be the only thing available with a recognisable brand on them. I'd love to have a G100 or PC7424 type polisher, but they are not available.



I have a very dark blue Holden Commodore Calais, that the dealer managed to leave swirls in the paint when they cleaned it. Obviously done by a rotary buffer weilded with little skill.



I'm not really interested in adding to the mess by trying to learn to use a rotary, so would the above model be better than hand polishing?



I've got some scratchX I was going to try by hand, but it's quite a daunting prospect.



Thanks



Phil.
 
From what little I've seen and read the Wax Attack is designed mainly for wax and light polish application/removal. A small single speed buffer like that lacks the power and the pad selection to correct paint defects.



It might come in handy to apply and remove something like a wax. I'd think to buff it off you'd need more than one pad (before it got clogged with residue) or at least a few bonnets that would fit over the pad.
 
Hello there!!



The wax attack is not for defect removal im afraid.



Here in the UK we have same problem as you guys in NZ, there are no set ups for high power etc. so there are not many domestic companies selling the Porter Cable.



My advice to you is one of these options:



THe Cyclo is a random DA polisher just as safe as the PC with two heads. Run a search for it on here!! It defiantly comes with a UK spec version and EU spec version as well as AUS version, there maybe an NZ version. Maybe you are able to get one from AUS sent to you and convert the plug if nesscery??



Autopia are very good at getting the PC sent to the UK with out customs duty. See in the UK part on this website about importing one!! You get to pay the USA price, you then need a power converter about £25 and then a new plug. A guide to rewiring the plug is avalible on Detailingworld.co.uk .



On Detailing world there are also 15% discounts codes, so that makes it all even cheaper!!



All in all you can have a PC kit in your hands for around £140 which isnt bad at all.



G100, they are making an UK spec version (230V) of this and its due for release Q1 2007. Nodoubt other 230V territories will follow VERY VERY soon. Maybe enquirer on the NZ, AUS, USA or UK Megs. boards!!



I hope that helps, hit me back if you need more help.



Kind Regards

:brit GEOFF :brit
 
Have you folks overseas ever used the Festool Rotex? They are manufactured in Germany and have the correct motors for European current. They also have a U.S. voltage version (which I own).



The Festool is pretty expensive, but does a great job and can be switched from random orbit to rotary at the push of a switch. I use it all the time for compound curves or small areas where my DeWalt won't work.



Do a Google search for the product specifically for your voltage.



Totoland Mach
 
Totoland Mach said:
Have you folks overseas ever used the Festool Rotex? They are manufactured in Germany and have the correct motors for European current. They also have a U.S. voltage version (which I own).



The Festool is pretty expensive, but does a great job and can be switched from random orbit to rotary at the push of a switch. I use it all the time for compound curves or small areas where my DeWalt won't work.



Do a Google search for the product specifically for your voltage.



Totoland Mach
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Better yet!!
 
nzgunnie said:
Here in New Zealand we don't seem to be able to get any decent buffers/polishers, certainly no PC brand ones, and all I can find in most places are rotary polishers that are nothing more than pads attached to angle grinders, or really cheap rotary polishers sold for around $50NZ ($30US), neither of which seems to be worthwile.



My question is how usefull would this Mothers 'Wax Attack' polisher be?



Wax Attack Mothers Hand Polisher kit..!!!!! Norwood Parade Auto Spares open 7 days www.derek.com.au



These seem to be the only thing available with a recognisable brand on them. I'd love to have a G100 or PC7424 type polisher, but they are not available.



I have a very dark blue Holden Commodore Calais, that the dealer managed to leave swirls in the paint when they cleaned it. Obviously done by a rotary buffer weilded with little skill.



I'm not really interested in adding to the mess by trying to learn to use a rotary, so would the above model be better than hand polishing?



I've got some scratchX I was going to try by hand, but it's quite a daunting prospect.



Thanks



Phil.
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Is it true that New Zealand is like heaven on earth?
 
lawrencea said:
Is it true that New Zealand is like heaven on earth?
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Why yes it is!



Thanks for the replies, NZ and Aus are exactly the same power and plug wise, so I'll see what I can find from Australia, at least postage shouldn't be too much of a killer.



I'll also avoid wasting the $149NZD on the Wax attack since it doesn't look like it wil do what I'm looking for, thanks for the help!
 
So I was working next door to the team from Mothers at a recent Motorshow and they were using their wee WaxAttack for waxing thier vehicle over and over again...

Anywaythey were keen for me to have a play with their machine and my interest was tweaked. I have a pretty good relationship with the team from Meguiars in NZ so the thought of playing with Mothers products feels like cheating Haha.

Anyway, I know it's not designed to be a commercial unit by any stretch of the imagination but I have a few customers who are enthusiasts that ask me how they can maintain their paintwork after we get it looking really nice for them. While I don't want to do myself out of future business the thought of being able to offer them a well priced orbital polisher that can help with micromarring etc... has it's merits.

I've had a bit of a play and the unit is quite good as a wax applicator, it spreads nice and even with a thin coat that wipes easily blah blah blah - The question is whether it's viable as anything more than a wax applicator... Test time.



Test subject a 3 year old Ford Territory lease return vehicle in reasonably good condition for a company car but in need of a good polish etc...

We opted to toss the Mothers polish pads to one side, they're far to soft to do anything other than caress the paint and decided to work with products that the everyday consumer could access.

We went for two stages and Meguiars Pads W7006 & W8006 with ScratchX for compound. We could have opted for Ultimate Compound but none was handy so ScratchX was the stuff.

You guys can judge the results for yourself but I was quite plesantly surprised at what it was able to achieve and I reckon I'll offer the units as an option for customers from now on.

@ approx $80 to my customers it's not a bad wee machine with Mothers letting me purchase them separate from the Kit assembly.



Bonnet pre polish

PreWaxAttack.jpg




Afer 1/2 - not all gone but I didn't expect it and I didn't work it for more than a few minutes or I figured I'd be trying to do too much with it.

After2stagepolishdifferentangle.jpg


After2stagepolish.jpg


After a ‘Wax and Grease ‘ (IPA) wipe over.

After2stagethenwaxandgreaseremover.jpg


PostPolishandSolventwash.jpg


All finished, Not quite Autopia quality bit not to bad for a consumer polisher in a land where quality Machine polishers are hard to come by.

PostWaxAttack.jpg
 
Nice thread resurrection after 3 years, but I think good polishers are readily available in every country.



However, they are often labelled as dual action sanders (technically they are). Every dual action machine with the sufficient power (at least 250W) and variable speed is suitable as a "polisher".
 
I believe they're are a Kiwi product, at least developed from here...

Yep we can get the Meguiars polishers I've got 6 of them Hehe, they give a great finish but we wear them out pretty quickly. They cost about $380 each as well so they're kind out of the bracket for the average guy.

We use Rupes Planetry sanders as well but they're not as good for finishing and the NZ distributor doesn't bring in the version that is electric and designed as an anti-hologram polisher so we're using the next closest thing.

Tries the Festool but hated it, in geared mode it dragged me all over the car and in orbit mode it seemed to do very little.

I priced up a flex the other day but at $1200 I thought it could wait till business picks up a bit more again.

We've got a couple of cyclos but you either love em or hate em and I feel both ways depending on the day. Some days I get incredible results with it and other days it just looks rubbish.

Thats pretty much all that I know of availabe here, there's a makita that I'd like to try but I'm just waiting for the new G220 V2 to arive.
 
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