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also this weekend im looking at buying a polisher. i'm a college student currently on a break and i dont have much money. i've read great things about the PC 7424, but i've also been looking at a chicago electric rotary from harbor freight. the rotary is only 50 bucks

would someone with no polishing experience but an exceptionally high learning curve be able to use the rotary to polish or will it be worth it in the end to just buy the porter cable?
thanks



I don't think the Harbor Freight one is random orbital like the Porter Cable. If you are not experienced, you are more likely to screw something up if you don't have the random orbital feature.

BTW - maybe you could rent one from your local hardware / tool rental store. You really only need it for a day, to buff out everything when you are done. Probably only cost you $20.