Harbor Freight Rotary

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Harbor Freight in Lilburn, outside of Atlanta has tons of rotary polishers for $34.99, $29.99 if you have a coupon.



If it only lasts long enough to do one car I'll be happy. :waxing:
 
I've had mine since September; though I usually use my G110 DA the Harbor Freight rotary is really a pretty decent unit. It works, just don't abuse it. It may not be the most top of the line unit, with the most power but it gets the job done.
 
There was a time I'd say "never" but my Makita took a poop on me and it's only 4 years old and doesn't get much use. I paid 4 times what the HF ones run.
 
my neighbor bought one with low expectations and used it primarily for his boat. nice large 3M wool pads and a cleaner wax. It seemed to do the job and obviously with a boat, it endured hours of constant use. For the price, not much risk.
 
I got the unit, a 3" backing plate and a 5" backing plate, all for $40. Cant' go wrong for that.



I just want to get some deeper swirls out of my Mustang without killing my PC.
 
dublifecrisis said:
my neighbor bought one with low expectations and used it primarily for his boat. nice large 3M wool pads and a cleaner wax. It seemed to do the job and obviously with a boat, it endured hours of constant use. For the price, not much risk.
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We did this with 3M wool pads and products over the course of a few weeks on HF rotaries. They worked great for what they were used for.

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Finally took it out of the box last night and messed around polishing my headlights. Very solid construction and had no problem dealing with some pressure.
 
I have one. I use it all the time and have not had any issues other than it does slow down with pressure but other than that no problems
 
I have one, and I beat the crap out of it, It does bog easily and give off a cakey smells, just take it easy and youll be fine.
 
I am happy to hear some have had good results with the HF rotary. I am unfortunately not one of them. I bought one and it worked for fifteen minutes. I paid for the waranty so I returned it and got a new one. The second one never even worked!!! Right out of the box is was messed up. So instead of going through the hassle of going back and getting a third one I just threw it away and struck it up as one of many mistakes I have made in my life.



Personally, I wouldn't pay a nickel for one. I still love HF, I jsut don't buy anything that has a motor.



PepBoys has a Kawaski that is better for 60. I got three Makita's for 150 a piece at Menards when they went on clearance. Just got lucky. I figured it was my payback for the HF rotary fiasco.
 
I have a 4.5" angle grinder, air compressor and 1/2" electric impact gun all Chicago Eletrics and have not had any troubles with them.
 
I bought one nearly 2 years ago for ~$25 w/ tax to have as a backup...it was $29.99 and I had a 20% off coupon at the time. I've only used it about 4-5hrs so far and had no issues with it. I would by another one without a problem, but I would probably opt for a 1 or 2 year warranty if I was planning on using more often.
 
Well i bought the 49.00 one about 4-5 years ago and it has always been my main rotary and has never givien me problems, i have one with the 3in backing plate and i'm getting another one for christmas with the "D" handle, like the makita for 29.00 with the cupon out of a Honda tuning magazine. And i am putting the Meguiars SOLO backing plate on it. I hate always having to swap out backing plates, and at these prices i can just have 2 buffers with 2 different backing plates!
 
What do u guys use to apply wax/polish using the HF rotary? From the website all I can see are bonnets, could bonnets be used as the pads are???



I always see videos of detailers using quick detailer spray to lub their pads and then apply a bead of product on their car and pick it up witht he foam pad, this couldnt be done using bonnets could it?
 
You just have to buy a backing plate for it. then it takes any pad with a velcro backing. i just bought the awsome meguiers w66 backing plate!

Detailed image has a crazy deal on them with the thanks giving code

here it is you just have to enter the code

Megs backing plate at a crazy deal
 
I have mine for about 2 years now and I buff 2 cars a day. Never had an issue with it. The wire on it did mess up on me but that's because I always grab it from the wire so even the most expensive one will mess up as well.



Def the best bang for your buck.
 
JCastro1085 said:
where could I find a backing plate for this one?



- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices



I don't need something heavy duty or for everyday use on customers, just something I could use for my vehicle only
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Yeah thats the one that i have, and any Rotary backing plate will work on that one. and that backing plate in the post above is just about one of the best, if you click on that link and add to cart and put the cupon code "Thanks09" and it takes it down to $18.
 
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