Wife's Daily Driver - '04 VW Touareg

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I am wanting to purchase a orbital polisher and discovered great comments about the porter cable 7424.



Unfortunately because I’m from Australia I’m unable to purchase this unit

1. The agent doesn’t hold these units

2. Units purchased over the net from USA voltage is 110V ours is 240V.



The RPM on the random orbital units seem to be rated higher due less heat generated compared to normal rotational buffers due to there orbit action.



My question is would be able to get away with a “Skil� 7435 Random Orbital Buffer

Rate MPM 7000-12000 (no load) c/w variable speed control and use with a megauiers foam 61/2�Pad?



Will the mpm / rpm be to high (does m.p.m =r.p.m.??)



Advice greatly appreciated



Thanks



Shane

Melbourne

Australia
 
I believe "motions per minute" is what it stands for. This has a higher number (x 3 or more, I think depending upon the cams and gearing of the specific unit) than rpm. The Skil would be a proper buffer. They made fine products. Go for it.
 
How about buying a transformer to convert your 240Vac down to 120Vac as long as the Frequency (Hz) is the same it would work.



I know they make them travel thingys for people to use their hair dryer and stuff in different countries as well. They may work too but you must check for the wattage they are rated for.
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Guess My Name [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>How about buying a transformer to convert your 240Vac down to 120Vac as long as the Frequency (Hz) is the same it would work. [/b]</blockquote> That's exactly what I did. I run my PC off a 500 watt step-down transformer. The voltage where I live is 240v/50Hz. The machine runs fine, probably at a slightly different speed due to the frequency difference.

You could try places like Dick Smith or Jaycar for 240v-110v step down transformers
 
50 hz versus 60 hz causes electric motors to run at 5/6 the speed is all. You may want to correct your speed setting for this. Most electric motors can run on this lower frequency with out any problems.



When I did equipment tests for our overseas machines we would rent generators and run them at 1500 RPM in lieu of 1800 RPM to get the frequency we desired of 50 hz.



Ain't this forum great for information???
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Brad B. [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>I believe "motions per minute" is what it stands for. This has a higher number (x 3 or more, I think depending upon the cams and gearing of the specific unit) than rpm. The Skil would be a proper buffer. They made fine products. Go for it. [/b]</blockquote>

Brad

Thanks for that info....

I as previously stated I would love to get the porter cable but
by the time I convert the cost to aussie $$ the unit would be $400 + and then the converter.

The Skil unit is a random Orbit Sander, but they state its suitable
for polishing cars with. The skil unit being 7000-12000 mpm
going on your suggestion that mpm could be up to 3 X more than RPM would make the unit approx 2000-4000 rpm which probably makes it more suitable for polishing a car with. Can anybody suggest where I can go to confirm this, besides Skil.

Thanks Again
 
Angelo asked for pictures of the white VW... sorry I did not have the camera during the actual work but here are some finished shots of a hard clearcoat VW.

Natural light in the garage...
HoodShine.jpg


Mirror courtesy light...
DoorShine.jpg


Right front outside...
LeftFront.jpg


Right side outside...
LeftSide.jpg


Products Used:

- BlackFire Gel Wheel Cleaner
- New black wheelies... love 'em
- Foam wash with Amorall Car Wash
- ONR 2 Bucket Wash
- Megs Clay Bars Light & Medium
- IPA and MF Wipe Down
- Megs Twins 105 & 205
- LC PAds
- PC and Flex 3401
- BFWD X 2 48 Hrs apart
- Wheel Wax
- Wheel Wax Extreme Black

Thanks for viewing
 
Great looking VW Touareq, look's wet! Also I see you use the EF Wheel Woolies, and like them. Great to hear! Thanks for sharing it with us David!:clap:
 
Awesome gloss and shine, especially in the first 2 pics!!! It's hard to get white to photograph like that and it shows your great work. Congrats.
 
Thanks to all

I appreciate the kind comments... I have been a car nut all my life. Started out "detailing" in high school with Vista wax LOL. I am now retired but continue to detail for profit and also do some part time IT work.

Thanks again,

David
 
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