advice: Small Orbital Polisher

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

Hi all need a small orbital polisher or some soft mop dril bits to keep my engine bay clean!

 

can anyone tell me if they do a small grinder style orbital polisher

 

and if they sell the polishing mops that can fit on drills coz ive seen the kits with the mops etc on frosts and thepolishing shop but would like to know how do you attach these to your drill

 

if anyone can help that would be great

 

Thanks in advance

 

Andy

[coolrado 0]

try FROST or MACHINE MART

you will need a reasonably heavy duty drill to do any serious polishing though.

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

just want to keep it shiny mate now all polishing done!

 

what sort of drill would you recommend as my one at home is from b&q and only cost £35 bar. do you think that will sufice just to keep shiny!

[coolrado 0]

i dont know of an orbital polisher that would be small enough to use in the engine bay, both frost and machine mart do small soft mops to fit on a drill, and a flexi drive would also probably come in handy.

If you are only gently polishing then the drill shouldnt need to be heavy duty as long as its quite fast it should be ok.

I found the best way to keep the ally shiney once i had polished it was to spray it with a fine mist of that 3 in 1 with ptfe oil they sell in halfrauds and then just wipe it off once in a while and re-polish it with the soft mop and fine wax block that came with the polishing kit from machine mart, i have got bored of that now though and will be taking all the ally bits to be powdercoated next week, i am also taking some bits of polished ally as they do a high gloss clear powder coat and they want to find out if it will adhere to a polished surface well enough to be used on the new rims for my BBS RM'S.

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

i spoke to my best mate about this he sprayed and refurbed my alloys and i was asking him about the polishing and then laquering can you let me know how that goes mate?

 

cheers andy

 

ill give you an update on the polishing when the polishingshop.co.uk gets back to me!

[Blue_Joe 0]

I bought a fantatic Random Orbital Sander/Polisher from Halfords for £29.99IIRC came with one foam pad and a terry towel pad. Velcro on!

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

ah nice one sam what size was the pad think i need one under 4" across

[Blue_Joe 0]

125mm

 

But you can't buy replacement pads from Halfords bizarrely - However Machine Mart do sell them!

[fla 9]

I bought a fantatic Random Orbital Sander/Polisher from Halfords for £29.99IIRC came with one foam pad and a terry towel pad. Velcro on!

 

I've got a similar one from a motor factors. Whats the best way to get good results from it? Apply the polish to the mop first and then apply over the car? There's a cotton bonnet and a wool-type bonnet, persumably use the cotton one first and then polish off with the wool? Its single speed.

[hyland770 0]

I bought a fantatic Random Orbital Sander/Polisher from Halfords for £29.99IIRC came with one foam pad and a terry towel pad. Velcro on!

 

 

ha did the same not bad for the money and im sure that proper detailing pads will fit on too so all in all good buy for the money and im pleased with the results im getting although my hands tingle for about half an hour after using because of the vibrations!!!