Question for PC users that switched to Rotary?

[Mindflux]

I love it. So glad I got it instead of the 9227, especially when I'm doing vertical panels. It's so light.

Nice. I've got a Metabo so I'm not sure that having a 3403 would be anything but another sweet buffer in the arsenal.



Did you get yours from Phil?

 

[SuperBee364]

I got it from Ranney. I wasn't aware of Phil's sale on them until I'd already ordered it from Pak Shak.

 

[Mindflux]

Well it's a tossup anyway with the polishing pad included.

 

[imported_mystic04]

I might get the hang of this after all. :hifive:



Edit: bummer, it looks like Autogeek won't let me order single Edge 6" foam pads, they want me to buy the entire kit (5 pads) for $79.99. I only need 2 or 3 of their foam pads. :sadpace:

GO to Edge and buy them dhttp://www.edgepads.com/

 

[Mindflux]

GO to Edge and buy them dhttp://www.edgepads.com/

The Edge 2000 Wave 6 inch Foam Pads are double-sided buffing and polishing pads for dual action or rotary car polishers and buffers. Single wave.

The Edge 2000 6 Inch DA Pads: The Edge 2000 6 Inch DuraFoam Pads will change the way you think about buffing pads. Single flat.

 

[imported_Denzil]

GO to Edge and buy them dhttp://www.edgepads.com/

I guess you missed my previous post?



Oh by the way, this thread is now bookmarked. TONS of good information in this thread, hehe.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Rob, did you get the backing plate off yet? I've had a tough time getting my E2K adapter off every once in a while. Chanel Locks do the trick everytime.

Yep, got it off. The WD 40 may have helped *a little*, but I really had to yank on that SOB hard before I got it off.



Like I said, it was the original backing plate, and the Makita looks like it has been fairly well used, so it was stuck pretty good.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

I've played with my Rotary a bit more. Still trying to get everything down. I'm not sure if I am using too much polish.



How much polish (SIP) should I be using on a PFW pad? How much working time should I expect?

 

[SuperBee364]

After the pad is primed, about four dots, each just a bit larger than a pea. I'm usually only able to get about three passes out of SIP and foamed wool. Occasionally four. Works out to be about 35 seconds or so. Working time on Menz polishes is really variable according to temp and humidity, though. SIP doesn't normally finish out really clear like most polishes do, either. It starts to flash before it goes clear (in the dry air where I'm at, at least). It still leaves a *very* nice finish, even if it's not clear when it's too dry to continue polishing.



With 106FF, you should have almost unlimited working time. There's no real point in working it after it goes clear and very oily looking, though. The abrasives are pretty much gone by then. I usually work 106 and 85RD for two minutes with foam, 1.5 minutes with white finishing wool.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

After the pad is primed, about four dots, each just a bit larger than a pea. I'm usually only able to get about three passes out of SIP and foamed wool. Occasionally four. Works out to be about 35 seconds or so. Working time on Menz polishes is really variable according to temp and humidity, though. SIP doesn't normally finish out really clear like most polishes do, either. It starts to flash before it goes clear (in the dry air where I'm at, at least). It still leaves a *very* nice finish, even if it's not clear when it's too dry to continue polishing.



With 106FF, you should have almost unlimited working time. There's no real point in working it after it goes clear and very oily looking, though. The abrasives are pretty much gone by then. I usually work 106 and 85RD for two minutes with foam, 1.5 minutes with white finishing wool.

Thanks.



Man, that working time with SIP and PFW is really short. It seems like such a pain to have to constantly be stopping to reapply more polish.