Buffing idea....

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kelley71
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Buffing idea....

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Hi guys,

I am new in the way of buffing. I am curious about this link below...

http://www.autogeek.net/lake-country-ccs-pack.html

It is a 6 pack of various 4 inch pads of your choosing that will attach to a drill. I have seen the Porter Cable polishers and HF Polishers. But I think for this small of a surface These might work well with the correct compounds. I don't trust myself nor want the expense of a large wheel buffer at this point.

What do you guys think? My Rigid Cordless drill has a no load high speed of 1650 RPM, so I could run at half and not burn.

Thanks....
tippie53
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I use an arbor , before that I used a random orbital buffer. Any drill will leave swirl marks. It is all about the compounds and cutting rates. You can get a car random buffer to use on the final buff with a wool bonnet and Maquires swirl remover #9
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kelley71
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Thanks Mr. John

The last thing any of us wants to do is spend hard earned money on things that might not work.


Best regards,
Kevin Sjostrand
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Kelly
Go to Harbor Freight and buy the 5" RO sander for about $20 with the 20% off coupon, then get a couple of Surbuf pads, about $13 each at Woodcraft or Rockler, one of those places. Use a rubbing compound one and a final polish, swirl remover type for the second. I used 3M rubbing compound and Novus #2 polish and achieved a very good high gloss swirl free finish on 5 guitars before I set up an arbor buffing system. Shoot it worked so well not sure I really need the buffer now.
Try the Surbuf's and an RO sander, I think you'll like the results.

Kevin
penndan
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Post by penndan »

+1 for the Surbuf pads on a random orbital sander.
Good enough for the kind of women I go out with.
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I tried those Autogeek pads. Did not work well for me. They are still sitting in a box.
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