Buffer Problem
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09-30-2001, 08:37 PM
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Buffer Problem
I want to make my BEAUTIFUL NEW TRUCK!!!
shine better than a new one, and I have some minor and not-so-minor scratches to get out of the paint.
My bodyshop recc I do it by hand, and, following their advice I got some out and polished most of the truck by hand. Not bad, really. But, I went to the paint supply shop and got a mequiars buffing pad kit, 3 pads and an adapter unit for $40. I have an old buffer that I want to use to get out the nasties.
The adapter pad is a 5/8" thread, but my buffer--an old sears job, probably as old as I am, has a 1/2" shaft. There is no adapter available. I even looked at new electric buffers, and good ones are as heavy as Dolly Parton's front end and cost as much as a nite on the town in New York.
Anyone have any suggestions on how I can get the 5/8" thread to work on a 1/2" shaft? I've thought about using a helicoil insert.
I should be able to find a wool pad to fit my buffer's origional config but worry it may be too coarse for what I want to do.
--karl
shine better than a new one, and I have some minor and not-so-minor scratches to get out of the paint.My bodyshop recc I do it by hand, and, following their advice I got some out and polished most of the truck by hand. Not bad, really. But, I went to the paint supply shop and got a mequiars buffing pad kit, 3 pads and an adapter unit for $40. I have an old buffer that I want to use to get out the nasties.
The adapter pad is a 5/8" thread, but my buffer--an old sears job, probably as old as I am, has a 1/2" shaft. There is no adapter available. I even looked at new electric buffers, and good ones are as heavy as Dolly Parton's front end and cost as much as a nite on the town in New York.
Anyone have any suggestions on how I can get the 5/8" thread to work on a 1/2" shaft? I've thought about using a helicoil insert.
I should be able to find a wool pad to fit my buffer's origional config but worry it may be too coarse for what I want to do.
--karl