Rotex 125 gear driven 3mm

[mohebmhanna]

Hello,
Can you recommend a good pads for the rotten 125 3mm gear driven for cutting and polishing.

Thanks in advance.

[Setec Astronomy]

Hello,
Can you recommend a good pads for the rotten 125 3mm gear driven for cutting and polishing.

Thanks in advance.

Autocomplete for the win!

PS First I was going to suggest he get a better polisher...then I realized what happened.

[mohebmhanna]

I mean Festool RO 125 Rotex. Thanks

[DBAILEY]

Sweet. A gear driven 3.5" polisher. That's pretty expensive though. I've never liked the wrap around handles on the Festool tools. That should make quick work of bumpers.

[DBAILEY]

Sorry, I was looking at the Rotex 90.

[mohebmhanna]

Actually its pretty good and give me more control on curves and tide areas as well. Currently I need to get a good pads for cutting and polishing. Appreciate your advice. Thanks

[DBAILEY]

I think that the Rupes, Griot's and B&S 5" pads would all work well on that machine.

[Mike Phillips]

I mean Festool RO 125 Rotex. Thanks

3mm orbit stroke diameter is very tiny. It's going to have very little correction ability in this aspect.

IF ---> if you can maintain PAD ROTATION with a foam pad attached to the backing plate instead of a thin sanding disc, then it may work for correction and polishing. Be sure to mark your backing plate in a way that your eyes can EASILY tell if the pad is rotating or simply vibrating against the paint.

The above all said, my guess is you best chance at maintaining pad rotation and doing something i.e. paint correction will be any of these THIN 5.5" pads.


Lake Country ThinPro Foam Pad System 5.5 Inch

Griots Garage 5.5 inch BOSS Foam and Microfiber Pads

Meguiars 5 Inch DA Foam Discs 6 Pack



I wish you luck but I will point out in the 16+ years I've been answering car detailing questions on discussion forums, not as long as some but longer than most, I have a sharp memory of dozens of people over they years asking me for help to get their "wood sander" to do paint correction. Outside of the Porter Cable wood sander, all of the rest of the wood sanders on the market, (not copies of the Porter Cable for polishing paint but actual wood sanders), all they do is vibrate a pad against the paint.

I even have the first generation Griot's Garage "polisher" in my antique wax collection. It was/is originally a wood sander and it would not rotate a pad. It would vibrate a pad but not rotate a pad.

No rotation = zero correction

Although over the years some pretty famous detailers have tried to argue that you DON'T need pad rotation with a free spinning orbital polisher to remove swirls.

[Mike Phillips]

Hmm.....


I think I have an article on everything....

Here's the first generation Griot's polisher....


Car Detailing History - First Generation Griots Garage Polisher




Here you can see the wood dust evacuation port. This would have somehow been hooked to a vacuum line to suck or extract wood dust while sanding.

[Mike Phillips]

If you would...

Update this thread and let us know if the thin foam pads work.