corradoboy

Over in the Car Care forum there a new guy touting his wares and speaking volumes about the Porter Cable 7424 Dual Action Orbitol Polisher. They can't be bought over here, apart from one company who supply the most basic kit with a bit of a mark up. I've found THIS LINK which gives full instructions on the best way to import one and what other stuff you need to get going. The results seem to speak for themselves, but at around £220 it's a lot of money for something that will get used once or twice a year, so I wondered if any other fellow WYIOC's wanted to chip in and we'll share it.

Background and more and another and lastly.

killa

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I think I have seen the results from this before, seems good idea but you will have to do all our cars..... for no small fee

corradoboy

If I'm doing it, the fee most definately won't be small

Alan C

How about the club buying one and hiring it out?

£10 for a weekend. 22 Hires and it pays for it self and the rest is in the Club coffers..

Just an idea..

Sticky Stuff

You'd need to add in a '**** Tax' clause, 'cos one of us would be bound to **** it up at some point...

Alan C

Absolutely.. Any breakage and the numpty.. sorry... skilled operator on the Hire sheet pays for it..

corradoboy

Hmm, valid point, 'cos even popping it down on the floor carelessly could **** up a polishing pad. Polish may be abrasive, but grit is much more so

Might revert to my original plan and buy if myself and have a 3rd business.

New thread, "Any WYIOC's want their car professionally polished to a glass like finish"

Alan C

I don't this would be too difficult to implement. Just a clause that the owner is responsible for ensuring it's in working order and that any damage to self, car or device is covered by the hirers own insurance or expense.

The club accepts no repsonsibility... I'm sure there's general hiring clause small print we can utilise..

Saves £220 and brings in funds to the club...

MickWrx

And a disclaimer stating, its the operators liabilty if they take the Subaru soft paint down to the primer, on edges and corners,

Trust me Ive seen this done with polishers and a too much pressure (heat)

But on a positive note the results are pretty darn good with these tools. My car was compounded and polished with one of these.

David_Wallis

id have a look at the compounding polishers that machine mart sell..

Beware though you can really **** the paint work if you dont know what your doing (IE Burn through!)

corradoboy

I believe the PC one is well respected by detailers as the foam polishing pads are very forgiving, and the dual action limits the possibility of overtreating a single area. Obviously a complete numpty could still do some serious damage, but if I get one I intend to source a few manky panels from a scrappers to develop a technique on before I risk the blue butter coating on my Scoob. I'll probably only use the finest grade polish too, as it's only swirls and minor defects I need to treat.