(Part 2) Best power polishers & buffers according to redditors
We found 119 Reddit comments discussing the best power polishers & buffers. We ranked the 32 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
It's similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/SECCO-WVPOLSET-4-Inch-Variable-Polisher/dp/B001KAM3K4/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1479153186&sr=8-5&keywords=concrete+polisher
I'm just suggesting it won't be all that durable in the long run for pens, but it's 110% worth having for bowls, boxes, and other projects!
If you wanted to try it, you could finish the pen blanks with something like a couple coats of Danish oil to "pop" the figure and grain and then use the buffing system to put a nice finish on it.
Also, for what it's worth, PSI makes a similar buffing system for a bit cheaper which they do list on Amazon here. I have this one, and it works perfectly fine for small bowls and such.
If you go to the kitchen dept of B&Q they will have little rubber sticky bubbles that you stick on the cabinet doors and they soften the "slam" of the door to a dull thud. On a kitchen cabinet its only at the corners but on a full door you may need more. But you have to be carful, you are altering the closure of the door and you can affect to so much the lock doesn't line up. Star with one at the corner and add more if necessary.
Also on amaxon but I prefer the B&Q ones, they seem to stick better.
Yes you can polish the edges.
You need to get some polishing pads and polish them. Use a spray bottle to keep wet. Start with the coarser (lower number) grit and work your way up. You probably don't need to use the 50 or 3000 but they come with the kit I linked.
One of these guys: http://www.amazon.com/SECCO-WV5GRIN-5-Inch-Wet-Polisher/dp/B001KAMAMA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1331589102&sr=8-4 If you're in the same area as me you might get lucky and find it on craigslist, since mine was stolen out of my shed last week :(
You start on the coarse pads, and then change out for finer and finer pads until it is more or less polishing the surface. If you got it polished enough I suppose it would be pretty non-porous, but not sure. Very messy to do - you'll have water sloshing off your surface (in steady drips) and bits of mortar will be thrown around the room, especially during the initial grind. And make sure to wear rubber boots and rubber gloves so you don't get a shock off the grinder.
Maybe I completely missed the boat, my dad thought it was a rotary they used sometimes at his work to polish countertops/cabinets.
Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/Makita-9227C-7-Inch-Electronic-Polisher/dp/B0000223IZ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1487711481&sr=8-2&keywords=makita+7+inch+polisher
Would I be better off just not even using it? My father used to work a similar machine as a part time job for paint correction so he thinks it's fine but I'm having second thoughts. I really appreciate the help.
A machine like this, Only a knock off version with a speed dial
I can't remember what pads i used, Or the name brand of the polish / wax i used.
Better question, ELI5 the best method to removing swirls. Should I be doing them by hand or with the polisher?
>car polisher/sander was about $35 (variable speed, no less)
Is it waterproof then, so you don't fry yourself using it wet? That sounds intriguing. Could we get a link please? Is it like this one?
I found some stone countertop polishing equipment made to work wet, but it's a lot more expensive. This one is really cheap though, but I don't know if I can buy one locally that cheap.
Looks like it may be this same polisher:
https://www.amazon.com/Shurhold-3100-Dual-Action-Polisher/dp/B002OIBRCQ
I've never used a DA Polisher before, and don't have much experience with detailing. Just looking to keep up on maintaining and caring for my two vehicles.
Thanks for any input.
So I just checked. I've got these :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0042KOL9K/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0042KL7OM/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The trades pro
A Black and Decker Handy Buffer
And a 7 inch Kawasaki one that looks almost identical to the trades pro one.
Polished to 400 using a concrete grinder similar to this one, though my father already owned a polisher, so I borrowed it.
Definitely check out r/AutoDetailing,
But some quick tips, make sure you get a dual action orbital polisher, not a normal rotary polisher. It's pretty easy to mess up your paint with a normal one if you're not well practiced, but DA polishers are pretty easy to use as long as you pay attention to what you're doing. There's also random orbit polishers, but those don't generally provide enough power to do any serious paint correction...
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Examples:
Rotary polisher (hard to use): https://www.amazon.com/POLISHFLEX-Compact-Variable-Rotary-Polisher/dp/B004XAN4M4/ref=sr_1_12?keywords=rotary+polisher&qid=1551213120&s=gateway&sr=8-12
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Random orbit polisher (no power):
https://www.amazon.com/DECKER-WP900-6-Inch-Random-Polisher/dp/B000077CPT/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=rotary+polisher&qid=1551213120&s=gateway&sr=8-10
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Dual Action polisher (what you probably want...):
https://www.amazon.com/PORTER-CABLE-7424XP-6-Inch-Variable-Speed-Polisher/dp/B002654I46/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=rotary+polisher&qid=1551213120&s=gateway&sr=8-7