Old School Guy Wanting to Learn

[Hammered]

Hey everyone,

I've been lurking for sometime with intense interest in taking car finishes to the next level. I've painted quite a few cars and have always hand finished them after buffing and polishing with a 9" rotary.

[VISITOR]

welcome mang.. check out as many car care enthusiast forums as you can, you can learn something from all of them (more knowledge the better). you mentioned you use a rotary but these days with new technology of machines, pads and polishes/compounds, a DA can do just about everything a rotary can do (if not more and a perfect example in the video below) and technology keeps evolving forward pushing the envelope to make it even more useful/productive than it already is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvfCp2Q13lY

[dad07]

To AGO from an old dog that has learned ALOT of new tricks here.........strap in and enjoy the ride!

[BobbyG]

To Autogeek Online!

I bought my first rotary in 1968 or 1969 and I still have it today!

[allenk4]

To Autogeek Online!

I bought my first rotary in 1968 or 1969 and I still have it today!

That is a behemoth!

Lowest speed is what....2,000 RPM ?

[swanicyouth]

^ Bobby, looks like a great polisher for a nōōb. Lolz.

[FUNX650]

An "Old School Guy"...That's great to hear!!!

To me that means:
You're a person that'll be hardworking, making no excuses,
and always carrying yourself with grace, grit, and grandeur.

So: ...to AGO...
Glad to have you aboard!

Bob

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Hi, welcome to AGO!

[BobbyG]

That is a behemoth!

Lowest speed is what....2,000 RPM ?

Low speed 1500 and high speed is 3000

[Mike Phillips]

Hey everyone,

I've been lurking for sometime with intense interest in taking car finishes to the next level. I've painted quite a few cars and have always hand finished them after buffing and polishing with a 9" rotary.

Nothing wrong with a rotary buffer I've been using one professionally since 1987, not as long as some but longer than a few...

I finally wore it out to the point it no longer works but I keep it around because I wore the rough cast aluminum head till it's smooth like chrome. Also wore the ribs on the plastic handle...








I keep it in our garage here at Autogeek as a reminder to myself about my roots in this industry. Back when I started detailing we only had rotary buffers, Cyclo polishers and large, orbital buffers that are mostly only good for spreading wax.


Here's an older article I wrote after meeting and talking with Bob Eichelberg, the President of Flex Tools North America. Some interesting background info on rotary buffers in general in the article.

Rotary Buffer Talk with Bob Eichelberg from Flex Tools





Now days there are a lot more tools for buffing paint available but more important is the quality of abrasive technology in compounds and polishes greatly exceeds what was available just 4-5 years ago not to mention what was available 10 and 20 years ago.

You've joined the best detailing discussion forum on the Internet. You'll find LOTS of great people on this forum always willing to help and you'll never get one-liner answers or told to simply use the search button.