pc as well as rotary?

richy

richy

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I have a rotary (2 in fact) that I have used for years with good results. Before getting on this forum, I hadn't even heard of a pc. Should I get one for the polishing portion of my details or is the rotary just as effective? Can I hear from people who use both? Thanks!!
 
Ever since I went from PC to Rotary I have NEVER looked back. If you are good and efficient with the rotary then there is no need for the PC.
 
Does the PC actually do a better job at polishing than the rotary? I am trying to justify why to spend the $$.
 
richy said:
Does the PC actually do a better job at polishing than the rotary? I am trying to justify why to spend the $$.
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The PC will do polishing in a safer way. It will not burn your paint, and it's the most user friendly machine out there, aside of the Cyclo. The rotary will do a faster polishing, in most cases in half the time compared to a PC. The rotary has more power than the PC, but you have to be extremely careful with it. It does everything fast, including a serious damage to the paint.



My suggestion is to start with a PC, which is what I'm doing now, and after you feel comfortable with it, then you can jump to a rotary.:spot
 
Yep, attach a carpet brush and clean away.



I'm to the point where I only need the rotary for paint. PC and Cyclo have taken on roles as either sealant applicators or carpet cleaners.
 
bigfoot said:
The PC will do polishing in a safer way. It will not burn your paint, and it's the most user friendly machine out there, aside of the Cyclo. The rotary will do a faster polishing, in most cases in half the time compared to a PC. The rotary has more power than the PC, but you have to be extremely careful with it. It does everything fast, including a serious damage to the paint.



My suggestion is to start with a PC, which is what I'm doing now, and after you feel comfortable with it, then you can jump to a rotary.:spot
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I already have been using a rotary on and off for over 10 years. I was just wondering if the PC did a better quality job than a rotary.

Here is a job I posted on a 10 year old car:

http://autopia.org/forum/click-brag/88304-1st-click-n-brag.html?highlight=year+sts

And that was just with a rotary.
 
richy said:
I already have been using a rotary on and off for over 10 years. I was just wondering if the PC did a better quality job than a rotary..
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If you're finishing OK with the rotary (hologram-free, etc.) then I don't see any need to polish with the PC.



I always finish polishing with the Cyclo (or maybe the PC) but that's just me.
 
Here is a question: For polishing headlights, how many of us can pull it off without damage using rotary and how many would need PC to do it without damage?
 
I can do it with a rotary but I keep the rpms between 600 and 900 I don't want to melt the plastic. I don't use my pc for anything anymore except applying wax and even then I prefer hand application over pc. Just my .02 cents
 
ZoranC said:
Here is a question: For polishing headlights, how many of us can pull it off without damage using rotary and how many would need PC to do it without damage?
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From sanding to final polishing sir.:)
 
SpoiledMan said:
From sanding to final polishing sir.:)
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Question was not can best ones of us do it but how many of us on this forum can do it ;) In other words, how many of us should still keep PC around for things like this.
 
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