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1988 Convertible for sunny day drives
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<blockquote data-quote="Tourmax" data-source="post: 205056" data-attributes="member: 5304"><p>Well, the 'vette is mostly done up to the polish stage. After that, it's just a coat of wax.</p><p></p><p>But, after fighting some holograming I inadvertently caused in some of the panels, I finally broke down and purchased a long throw, dual action polisher.</p><p></p><p>I'm not in a postion to pay the astronomical prices the brand names want (starts at 400 bucks and up) so I went with an "import":</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/mz8AAOSwG~hc5llT/s-l1600.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It's the same model as the "HYET" ones that you see discussed in youtube videos:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]ECapqJ4OjSQ[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's considered "entry level", but it has some high end features added. it will work fine for the 4-5 times a year I’ll use it.</p><p></p><p>I'm not overly worried about it being Chinese built as they all are these days in one way or another. It will do the job of polishing and waxing just fine.</p><p></p><p>My Dewalt rotary can still handle the heavy lifting (cut and correct) and this unit will handle the polish and wax stages. Those are very light work stages for any polisher/buffer.</p><p></p><p>I'll have a few modifications to do to it when it arrives, but nothing serious.</p><p></p><p>Reports are the body is just a bit too long and strikes the backing pad, which eventually causes the backing plate to fail. A little trimming of the plastic case will fix that.</p><p></p><p>The other thing seems to be the grease in the 90 degree head gearbox is reportedly poor quality stuff. Some have even reported that the grease feels “gritty” when they opened it up. That could be contaminated grease, poor quality grease or perhaps its aome metal filings from the gears bedding in. Whatever the reason, thats easily fixed by pulling it apart, a quick clean out with a varsol wash and then re-grease with some good HP moly grease.</p><p></p><p>165 Cdn shipped to my door.</p><p></p><p>For comparison, my Dewalt rotary was nearly 400 bucks.</p><p></p><p>For what it is, that's not a bad price at all!</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tourmax, post: 205056, member: 5304"] Well, the 'vette is mostly done up to the polish stage. After that, it's just a coat of wax. But, after fighting some holograming I inadvertently caused in some of the panels, I finally broke down and purchased a long throw, dual action polisher. I'm not in a postion to pay the astronomical prices the brand names want (starts at 400 bucks and up) so I went with an "import": [IMG]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/mz8AAOSwG~hc5llT/s-l1600.jpg[/IMG] It's the same model as the "HYET" ones that you see discussed in youtube videos: [MEDIA=youtube]ECapqJ4OjSQ[/MEDIA] It's considered "entry level", but it has some high end features added. it will work fine for the 4-5 times a year I’ll use it. I'm not overly worried about it being Chinese built as they all are these days in one way or another. It will do the job of polishing and waxing just fine. My Dewalt rotary can still handle the heavy lifting (cut and correct) and this unit will handle the polish and wax stages. Those are very light work stages for any polisher/buffer. I'll have a few modifications to do to it when it arrives, but nothing serious. Reports are the body is just a bit too long and strikes the backing pad, which eventually causes the backing plate to fail. A little trimming of the plastic case will fix that. The other thing seems to be the grease in the 90 degree head gearbox is reportedly poor quality stuff. Some have even reported that the grease feels “gritty” when they opened it up. That could be contaminated grease, poor quality grease or perhaps its aome metal filings from the gears bedding in. Whatever the reason, thats easily fixed by pulling it apart, a quick clean out with a varsol wash and then re-grease with some good HP moly grease. 165 Cdn shipped to my door. For comparison, my Dewalt rotary was nearly 400 bucks. For what it is, that's not a bad price at all! :) [/QUOTE]
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