Farecla G3

[Avocet]

The buffing compound needs to be "ground" into the hull to work. As mentioned in other posts it has to be a "pasty" consistency and a 2000 RPM drill would centrifuge most of it straight off the mop. Proper car buffers run at much lower speeds (about 250RPM I think) and have continuously rated motors so they can run for hours without harm. I don't think drills do but I'm not sure.

As far as being heavy goes, I attach mine to a long length of shock cord which I hoist on a halyard to counterbalance most of the weight but still allow me to move it up and down.

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[VicS]

I found 900 rpm to be a satisfactory speed. It's well below the maximum specified for the mop and provided the thing isn't too wet then there's no problem. I do make sure the car is not parked next to me and if necessary drape a bit of polythene over the adjacent boat. I tried reducing the speed further with an electronic speed controller but found no significant advantage. Running it continuously for hours at a time is something I haven't tried as I find it best to work on a small area at a time, usually about a metre along the hull. Even if the machine could take it I couldn't.

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[Strathglass]

I tried whdirect before I first posted and it was ok.
Then I have tried it agaln when I read about your problems with the site and it displayed an error message. But, when I put 'polisher' in quicksearch on their web page it went direct to the correct item.

I have purchased one but not yet used it in anger as I am planing to move house soon and the house goes on the market at the end of the month so sailing has to take the back seat just now.

Iain

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