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excellent info there marq!

can anyone help me decide about these polishers? not too sure if they are orbtial and look upto the job!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QUALITY-CAR-POLISH...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-POLISHER-Polis...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-POLISHER-POLIS...1QQcmdZViewItem



If I had my druthers ( I'd druther choose.... this one on your e-Bay...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Porter-Cable-Rando...1QQcmdZViewItem

I did not see on the UK e-Bay our personal favorite random orbital sander... the Porter Cable 7424... I did find an example of one up for auction on the US e-Bay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Porter-Cable-7424-Ra...1QQcmdZViewItem

The Porter Cable 7424 will outlast most of your cars and be with you well into the future. I found that using this puppy made the polishing and waxing so easy that you actually looked forward to polishing and buffing your car. You will actually be looking for excuses to fire it up and give the car a spread of wax and buffing it.

It cost a few bucks more up front... BUT because it will outlast most other 'random orbital' polishers... you actually end up saving money and have a 'heritage' tool ( meaning that it will last so long that you will probably 'hand it down' to your kids when they lock you up in the old age home ).

I just don't know if they sell the Porter Cable 7424 in the UK... and so that is why I also spotted that other Porter Cable unit that was listed on the UK e-Bay...

I did note from the first Porter Cable polisher that the guy mentioned :

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Please note: you will need to connect the Porter Cable to a 110 volt transformer before you can use it on a 240v mains supply.





So I am guessing that the Porter Cables that do make it to the UK are all the US 110 volt type units... and that you need to have a 110 volt transformer in order to operate them on the UK 240 volt power supply.

Possibly there are some actually 7424 Porter Cables ( or their PC equivalent for the UK market ) that are specifically built to operate directly on the 240volt power grid. This is something that you will be able to figure out easier than I since you are in the UK.

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Last edited by Marq; 04/06/08 07:32 AM.