Any thoughts about the Shurhold Dual Action Polisher??? I need to wax the old girl and not wanting to wax by hand. Any thoughts would be great. 

Which old girl, the one on wheels, or the one that floats?

On 11/5/2019 at 8:29 AM, OnthePotomac said:

Which old girl, the one on wheels, or the one that floats?

 

Actually - it wont matter, but the tool covers both.

 

Google any car detailing forum and the tool everyone uses is variable speed Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher unless you are absolutely a professional and time is money. The tool is basically the same thing as the above.

 

There are two tools to use when polishing - orbital (spins around) and random orbit. The first being much faster but has the ability to burn your paint/fiberglass as it causes heat, but the random orbit you can press down and speed up as much as you want and be fine (shouldn't be doing that anyhow, don't put down tons of wax and use the correct pad)

 

Have used (and still do) the latter so maybe biased, see no reason the Shurhold should be that much more money. Since you have neither, don't forget the velcro backing pad and the pads themselves. The pad you chose will determine how fast the buffing goes. Tons of auto detailing places sell the porter cable with pads for any use as a package.

 

The wax makes the difference here - heavy oxidation on fiberglass vs paint on metal are two entirely different application uses.

Don't have the one mentioned. I bought a Craftsman orbital polisher maybe 10+ years ago. I used it a few times and it has been sitting in my garage collecting dust. I'd rather do it by hand. 

Agree, I have the porter cable listed above.  Works great.  I use it on my fiberglass RV.

 

Porter Cable