Experience needed for circular buffer?

[pcw25]

Experience needed for circular buffers?


Do you truly need to be THAT experienced to use a circular polisher? I mean how do you know when to move up from a dual action to a a circular? And is there any special "technique" you have to use when using a circular buffer to achieve show car results?

[shoeless89]

Don't leave it in one spot. Make sure you keep it moving. Try to get ond panels to practice on

[Pockets@PoorboysWorld]

Don't leave it in one spot. Make sure you keep it moving. Try to get ond panels to practice on

Pretty much you get the feel for it ..... personally the only reason people are afraid of it is the talk

We had a lady who came to our detailing weekend 2 years ago and she never heard of one we had her polishing out her black focus with ease.

Also the new Flex DA's kinda have replaced rotary's for a lot of things they can tackle it with just a tad more work and they don't leave behind the trails or run a high risk of burning the paint.

[Flash Gordon]

Pretty much you get the feel for it ..... personally the only reason people are afraid of it is the talk

We had a lady who came to our detailing weekend 2 years ago and she never heard of one we had her polishing out her black focus with ease.

Also the new Flex DA's kinda have replaced rotary's for a lot of things they can tackle it with just a tad more work and they don't leave behind the trails or run a high risk of burning the paint.

Good answer Chris

[Jimmie]

+1 for no big mystery. I agree with shoeless89 to keep it moving and most of your problems are solved. Speed is another caution item (use a 900-1200-900 rpm curve starting out). Don't run it too fast. I know that I'm never over 1800 rpm; usually around 1500 rpm for me. Another caution item is going over sharp edges it's much easier to burn through. As long as you're aware of these issues you're way ahead of the learning curve.
The buffer will do most of the work for changing direction. It's very close to how a floor buffer works, which most people have used.

[Flash Gordon]

I truly beleive I could train a Monkey to run a rotary w/out causing damage....seriously

IMO there easier to control then a DA

[Pockets@PoorboysWorld]

I truly beleive I could train a Monkey to run a rotary w/out causing damage....seriously

IMO there easier to control then a DA

I could not agree more!

[BobbyG]

Rotary polishers have been around for a long long time, much longer than its dual action counterpart.

Rotary polisher have gained a bad reputation because of two things; Inexperience and bashing by those who have never even picked one up.

Rotary polishers are fantastic machines and with a little practice and experience you'll be shocked at how valuable they can be.

[trerc]

I truly beleive I could train a Monkey to run a rotary w/out causing damage....seriously

IMO there easier to control then a DA

I would agree with this too, I am comfortable with and prefer to use a rotary but picked up a Flex DA just to try one out and a rotary is much easier to control and a hell of a lot faster with correction too.

Personally, I think there's a lot of great detailers on this site who fear the rotary buffer because they haven't actually ever used one. Once you see how easy they can be to use and get comfortable with it your DA would take a backseat for sure.

[master detailer]

just dont push down on it and spray water when it starts to dry out on the area you are working to keep it cool. when starting out. go to a rotary and you will never look back.ps never sit in one place with it.