pneumatic polisher

[LelandGray]

I was killing time the other day at Harbor Freight and saw a 3" pneumatic polishing 'kit' for sale for $40.. It's made by Central Pneumatic.



It looks pretty similar to the Chicago pneumatic polisher. Has anyone tried this one (Central Pneumatic)? Would it be worth looking at trying? I'm mainly thinking of using soley for headlight restoration.

[Jprix82]

Re: pneumatic polisher

bump,I was wondering this also.

[photoadjuster]

Re: pneumatic polisher

Harbor freight uses the average air consumption to rate their tools because it sounds better than the actual amount required. I tried to find this exact tool, but their site did not show it. I took the following from a air drill for an example.

Required air pressure: 90 PSI

Average air consumption: 5 CFM

The average air consumption is the amount of air used at full trigger for 15 seconds. Multiply X 4 to get the rate of CFM per minute, in this case this tool requires 20 cubit feet per minute from an air supply to do max work.

A better name for Central pneumatic would be China pneumatic.

Regards,
Stephenson

Also, on headlights you must ude the dual action air sander to remove the corrosion and then the air polisher to compound and polish. It takes two air tools.

We use the Chicago brand, but Meguiar's now has a set of tools that are reported to use less air.

I would love to test the Meguiar's stuff.

[DetailFreak517]

Re: pneumatic polisher

There are definitely *some* of Harbor Freight's air tools that are acceptable, but there's no question they are lower quality than tools from Chicago Pneumatic, Ingersoll Rand, etc.