GEN 2 Rotary Polishers

[Two Dogs]

I have a few polishers.



Porter Cable 7345 (The sander version, add weight to make polisher). First attempt at machine polishing. Works fantastic across the board.



Cyclo. Another great machine. Works well in tight spaces due to smaller pads. It is not light, it will give you a workout on vertical panels.



Torq X. Purchased to return my Porter Cable to full time sander. Got tired of switching and began to wonder about cross contamination. Equal to the P/C and lighter. I like it.



And last but far from least, a rotary. Dewalt 849X. Soft start, well balanced, runs 4" to 9" pads, pretty much capable of anything. I have had it about a year and still don't trust myself on top end vehicles. I have done 10-12 very rough cars for friends to practice. Haven't burnt any paint, gone through clear coat, etc. I'm just about ready to move up in vehicles. This is a beast, it will compound and polish twice as fast (maybe more) than a random orbit. Done wrong it will hologram, burn paint, go through clear coat. Get something to practice on. My friends have the shiniest hoopties in the city.

 

[TripleE44]

The torq DAs leave something to be desired. I’ve got a torq 10fx that’s been decent, but now I’ve just retired it to 3” pad duty for small areas quickly.

I got myself the new Rupes mark 3 with the 15mm throw a few months ago and it’s miiiiiiiles ahead. It’s a little overkill for as much as I do, but I’m kind of a detailing nerd so I like it.



The griots 6” is a great machine for the do it yourself type dude. I’d suggest that way over anything chemical guys branded.


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[Raptor4me]

Worth taking a look at the Flex XC 3401 VRG. It is a driven dual action, so is a neat mixture of a dual action and a rotary.
I like mine as it's faster than a standard dual action especially in high contour areas that bring normal DA's to a crawl, but minimizes the risk of burning since it's still dual action.

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[Johnfaeglasgow]

I’m going to pull the trigger on the 6” Griots DA I think. I don’t know what to do for polished though. I figured, Correcting, Perfecting and Show wax. Probably an orange, black and red pad. Should be a good place to start for all evils [emoji2371]


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[JLozano]

Rupes is the best way to go.

 

[Johnfaeglasgow]

I went for both a 3” and a 6” Griots DA polisher in the end with black orange and red pads for each plus glass polish pads for the 3”. Been playing around with different compounds (Griots Glass Polish, Complete Compound, Correcting Cream, Perfecting Cream, Best of Show Wax) and have been amazed with the results [emoji106]


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