Car Polisher (Boat Polisher ??)

[Ecosse120]

Just noticed that Maplin have got car polishers for £9.99. Go on pamper your boat !!


http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&DOY=15m4&ModuleNo=37949&criteria=

 

[Vara]

Re: Car Polisher (Boat POlisher ??)

Works very well for polishing,but not up to heavy duty cutting.
But as its very light would use Makita(or similar) for cutting and then polish with that beast.Easier on the ageing musculature!

 

[Guest]

Re: Car Polisher (Boat POlisher ??)

I've got to buy a polisher. But aren't polishers for gelcoats supposed to be low-revving types? The Maplin one mentions 3200 revs/min which seems a bit fast to me, tho' have no experience. Can someone advise if that's too fast and, if so, where to source a low revving one?

 

[Talbot]

Re: Car Polisher (Boat POlisher ??)

Maplin version is not a serious polisher, but fine for the occasional buff up. to do it properly you need a proper angle grinder type that is geared for a 1-2000 rpm.
Look about half way down the page on this ref:
http://www.silverlinetools.com/index.html?code=406548

 

[Danny]

Re: Car Polisher (Boat POlisher ??)

I bought one of these from Maplin. I found it worked well on the boat. Even though it's not heavy I found my arms ached after a while so I rigged up a long piece of shock cord attached to a halyard and set it up to take most of the weight. It worked a dream! The longer the shock cord the better, by the way. That way it requires less adjustment in use.

 

[ljay]

Try this chaps best buffers <span style="color:blue"> </span>

 

[Dave99]

Easier then elbow grease but you won't get the same results as a professional buffer, there again they cost between 120-£350

 

[Steve_Jones]

Re: Car Polisher (Boat POlisher ??)

IMHO the Silverline polisher is a superb piece of kit, especially for the money! Bought one a couple of months ago and would recommend to anyone for boat or car, it has a variable speed control and so is suitable for most apps.