Recommendations on Orbital Buffers
 

Thinking about polishing my car and it's so big that I am thinking about buying an orbital buffer. Any recommendations on which one to get?

Well if you want the best then it would be the Porter Cable 7424.

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I'm planning on getting one soon. :)

The best hands down

yep.. porter cable is the best... extremely easy to use...

and the results... lets just let them speak for themselves:

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Thanks guys. Porter Cable it is then. $119.95 at Amazon.

There's always the Cyclo. Better balance IMO.

actually.. i would get the package deal from nick at detailer's paradise. he'll walk you through the whole setup and will NEVER try to up sell you on other stuff, just sell you the correct stuff that you asked for... extremely knowledgeable and a true pleasure to do business with.

tell him adam sent you... almost all my detailing supplies comes from him and everyone i've sent to him has been extremely happy as well.

www.detailersparadise.com

PC-7336 sp ($99 at Lowes) same as the 7424, but with a 6" counter balance.

be careful using an orbital on your car, if you don't know what you're doing you can do some serious damage, it's very easy to screw up with an orbital.

you have to be careful with the rotary buffer & burning the paint. it's pretty difficult to burn the paint with a random orbital.

Before you blow your cash learn to wax/wash a car first.
Of course, this is assuming you don't know how, if you do, please disregard this post.

I read mbworld.org detailing instructions over and over and I totally bombarded the moderator with questions for weeks on end. I read autopia.org like the bible (no, not really, I'm really anti-religion) and read every single post before my head blew up.

Look at what I was able to get, with less than 20$ :)

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No machine work, and all products obtained from Wal-Mart.
Since then, I've moved up to Zaino :)
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