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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 11:26 PM
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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?
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 11:34 PM
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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.
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 06:43 PM
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Don't buy those cheap buffers from o'reilly's. I made the mistake and bought one , used it once and have never taken it out of the box again.
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 08:18 PM
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You get what you pay for. If you want PC results buy the PC. Cheap investment for the results you get.
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Originally Posted by Jsak
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?
It would be an absolute waste of money.
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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ok, then pc it is. got to save money though.
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Originally Posted by 95 bright teal
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.
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
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