After years of working, my PC decided to poop out on me. My buddy told me that he has a Craftsman Polisher that he is willing to give me for free so I wanted to check with you guys if anyone has had experience with it.

Here is the link to the polisher on the Sears site.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00917556000P

 

I vote for NO. Only 2 speeds. Most polishes dont even need to be used at speeds that high. Plus, I dont think you could use your own backing plate.

Look on ebay for a PC or just order the PC kit from DD. It'll be money well spent.

 

^ I'm thinking that I will ultimately do that, OR go for the Metabo or Flex. Time to upgrade! Thanks for the input.

 

If you're going to buy a rotary, I'd run away from this one. It's only got two speeds, and I think the fastest of its two speeds is too fast for what we're doing with these things anyway.

You can get a Makita 9227C rotary from amazon.com for $169.

And, for whatever this is worth, I bought a Makita, and sold my PC. I still haven't figured out how to use the thing well, so I just borrowed my former PC from the friend I sold it to. I'll very likely end up buying another

 

I'll trade you my pc with 3 BP's and some ccs pads for your makita

 

I've heard that the Makita (or was it the Hitachi ) had some issues. I'm going to do a bit more research and see which one I choose. For now, I'm leaning more toward the Flex.

 

get the Metabo or the Makita. Order either from Detailers Domain, and put in the code for 10% off.

 

Well, I'm not getting rid of it - not yet, anyway - but I am getting frustrated. I think it might be these new Meguiar's pads (and soft, 3M UK-style backing plate) that are throwing me off, but the dang thing was skipping all over the place today. Back to the practice panels I go...

 

what polish/pads are you using? Sometimes you gotta tilt the thing in all different angles to get it just right. Once you get the correct angle the buffer will nearly hover in place without even holding it. Its one of those things where it so hard to figure out and you wanna give up, then when you finally get it your like OHHHH OK..haha! Keep trying!

try using some combination of polish on a white pad or even go straight to the finishing polish on a black/blue pad just to get the hang of it.

 

Funny you said that Billy, because this morning, I think the light bulb finally came on for me It's hard to explain what I'm doing differently - I'm not sure I even know - but it sort of just glides now. No more hopping and skipping.

Thanks a million for the advice. I'm finally starting to get comfortable with this Makita. It's SO much faster than using the PC, and so much more effective, I don't think I'm going back now. I'm a believer.