Buffers

[Scott DeBrun]

I posed this question to Mike but I know he's a busy man so maybe you folks can help me. I'd like to get a new buffer,mine is a 20 year old sears low speed orbital, the problem is I have only one good arm. The left arm is in pretty bad shape with nerve damage and a torn up rotator cuff. I need a buffer without alot of torque to it unless of course someone would like to see me circle the moon without the assistance of saturn rockets. Anybody have some suggestions?

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Meguiars G110v2. Probably the smoothest of the DA's.

[Setec Astronomy]

Cyclo won't have any torque at all because it counter-rotates, FWIW.

[tuscarora dave]

+ 1 on the G110V2. I have the Cyclo and the G110V2 and they are both very smooth machines but the Cyclo is a bit heavy on vertical panels though it does have a handle on the top and the rear of the polisher.

One thing I can say is that the Cyclo will definitely give you trouble free service for years. I already had to repair a broken cord twice on my G110V2 but other than that it is a nice user friendly polisher with a rubber housing cover that is grippy when one handing it.

[Scott DeBrun]

Tuscarora is right, the cyclo looks like a sweet machine but I think it would be too much weight for this one armed detailer.

[Setec Astronomy]

They are all pretty heavy for one arm on vertical panels, IME. I guess the lightest is going to be the GG 3", but you won't be able to cover much area with that.

[Scott DeBrun]

I can use the left arm as support plus I don't think I have the attention span to use a 3" buffer, but I do appreciate the suggections.

[Mike Phillips]

I posed this question to Mike but I know he's a busy man so maybe you folks can help me.

Must have missed that? Was it in your Introduction Thread?

I'd like to get a new buffer,mine is a 20 year old sears low speed orbital, the problem is I have only one good arm. The left arm is in pretty bad shape with nerve damage and a torn up rotator cuff.

That's tough...

I need a buffer without a lot of torque to it...

I use the Porter Cable with one hand all time and the hardest part is the vertical panels.

Applying a wax is the easiest thing to do, doing correction will be hard with one hand.

You could jerry rig some kind of strap to the Cyclo so you can hold the forward handle while the back is supported to your forearm.

Just thinking outloud...

[Scott DeBrun]

Excellent ideas thank you very much, now I need somemore advise. How do I drop hints to the wife without looking obvious? Oh wait I forgot about the wife radar,damn.