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| Author: | Spyder [ Wed Jul 27, 2016 10:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | any experience with hand held buffers? |
The finish on my first is finally to the stage where I have started to wet sand and polish. So far I have wet sanded the back to 2000, and applied two compounds by hand. One a cutting compound, the other a lighter grit. It is coming along nicely, but is tedious. Are there any small, hand held buffers that don't cost a fortune but work well enough for guitar work? I'd love to have the Stew Mac buffer, but the budget won't allow it right now. I do have a system from Woodcraft, but the wheels are too fast, and generate too much heat. Any suggestions? Or do I just keep going by hand? |
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| Author: | Rod True [ Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: any experience with hand held buffers? |
http://www.stewmac.com/Materials_and_Su ... _Pads.html Check out the video.. |
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| Author: | kencierp [ Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: any experience with hand held buffers? |
There are hook and loop polishing pads (wool, felt, terry cloth and foam) available for random orbit sanders -- I have not used them but I see no reason why they would not work well. You'd need one for each of the different compounds used in your process. |
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| Author: | bluescreek [ Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: any experience with hand held buffers? |
I found the foam pads on a drill will make removing the swirl marks difficult for the inexperienced . I found random orbital buffers a better choice. Lambs wool makes for a great buffer. It is all about touch. Use the foam to start and wool when you get down to the final buffing. 3M Products are very good and available at most big A or local auto parts stores that sell touch up paints |
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| Author: | jfmckenna [ Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: any experience with hand held buffers? |
I use a random buffer I got at the auto parts store. |
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| Author: | Mike OMelia [ Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: any experience with hand held buffers? |
bluescreek wrote: I found the foam pads on a drill will make removing the swirl marks difficult for the inexperienced . I found random orbital buffers a better choice. Lambs wool makes for a great buffer. It is all about touch. Use the foam to start and wool when you get down to the final buffing. 3M Products are very good and available at most big A or local auto parts stores that sell touch up paints Would someone please indicate a useful model/brand of RO buffer? |
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| Author: | MikeWaz [ Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: any experience with hand held buffers? |
I don't have a ton of experience with this, but I use the 6" compact palm polisher from Harbor Freight. Their tools are low end, so I imagine there are better buffers out there. But it does seem to get the job done. I can buff out Enduro-Var with it to a high gloss without swirl marks. For compounds, I've been using Novus #2 followed by Meguiar's Swirl Remover 2.0. I think the buffing pad you use is important. I use Surbuf pads. The tough part about using a hand held buffer is getting into tight curves like a cutaway. I wonder if the foam pads on a drill would help in these areas -- but from what John says, swirl marks could then be an issue. |
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| Author: | RustySP [ Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: any experience with hand held buffers? |
I have used a PC 7424 and 3M Perfect-it & Finesse -it products with good results. It's a little more work because it's slow and you really need to find a way to hold down your guitar or another pair of hands or it will go flying across your bench. I am now using a stewmac inspired buffer and Menzerna compounds with much better results but the hand held auto polisher will work. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | bluescreek [ Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: any experience with hand held buffers? |
another vote on the PC random orbital buffer |
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| Author: | Spyder [ Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: any experience with hand held buffers? |
For those that use larger buffers, that take two hands to use, how do you do sides and necks, and hold the guitar so it won't get launched off the bench? |
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| Author: | RustySP [ Fri Jul 29, 2016 6:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: any experience with hand held buffers? |
I boxed it in with padded 1X3 angles screwed to the bench top or held it in my stewmac vise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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