Random oribital buffer from 0'reily's
 

Instead of buying a porter cable for 130.00, can I just use a 20.00 6inch buffer from O'Reily's. Will I have the same results. Also can those burn the paint or is it like a porter cable?

ive used them and the problem is they wont cut enough, from what ive experinced the pc is a good middle goud between the random orbitals and a true high speed buffer.
i bought a random orbital polisher have tried multiple pads and compounds and it just takes alot longer.
mine has sat on the shelf for a very long time and dont plan on picking it up again.

Don't buy those cheap buffers from o'reilly's. I made the mistake and bought one :bang:, used it once and have never taken it out of the box again.

You get what you pay for. If you want PC results buy the PC. Cheap investment for the results you get.

It would be an absolute waste of money.

ok, then pc it is. got to save money though.

Playing devils avocate here...but if you used a diffrent set of pads or whatever is used to "cut" more w/n the result be about the same..

Reading into your statement..its not a afactor of rotation but a factor of material removal or transfer