[chittychittybangbang]

I've been answering questions on another board where someone is trying to polish their headlights. Other people are telling them to just buy an adapter for a power drill. This is fine for the headlights, but why not get a polisher which will also work for the paint?

The reason why power drills aren't good is because if you leave it for too long in 1 spot or press too hard, they will heat up and damage the plastic or paint. Free-floating paint polishers stop if you press too hard, so it's foolproof...to a point. They are designed for detailing purposes, drills are designed for high torque.

Here are some pics of before and after using a dedicated paint polisher, it's worth it IMO. To show that it's not a camera trick, there are photos with and without flash, both before and after, from the same angles. from http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q_how_to/multi/polishing_paint.htm

Before, with flash

After, with flash

Before, without flash

After, without flash

Final result

This is from the detailing article here

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q_how_to/multi/polishing_paint.htm

 

[darren]

wow, that looks awesome, where did you get the porter cable polisher?

how much

 

[jon applespeed]

you can get them at any home depot or lowes, meguiars sells them with a markup, but it comes with a lifetime warranty.

 

[pizzaboyz]

it's not available at home depot or lowe. you can still find online. BTW, a fair prie for the porter cable is 133, the meguiars is the smae thing but 250...but comes with a lifetime warranty.

 

[diesel guy]

you can still find it online. I think topoftheline , a detailing specialty store still carrys them in stock. I personally considered a cyclo, but it was over twice the price and you get the same results.