DennisH Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 UPS man delivered my new Metabo rotary Friday but didn’t have a chance to use it till today which is Sunday. Of coarse I didn’t make it to a body shop to pick up a practice panel and I have not used a rotary before so I would problem need to practice. Well I could practice on an old car – yep that is what I will do, so the 35 Ford going to be my first attempt with a rotary. After inspecting the finish I had minor spider webbing and a couple of spots that has some light marring that will take some special attention. Nothing that OP or IP and a green pad on the Cyclo couldn’t take care of. Seems the most difficult areas are going to be the curved areas, which is about 75% of surfaces and the fenders being the worst with ridge going up the center. So I decided be conservative with pad and product selection and started with LC Black 6 ½ pad on 106ff working it at or below 1200 RPM – seemed safe enough. 1. I didn’t put the metal hand guard on the side handle – seemed like an accident waiting to happen. 2. Didn’t like the handle so removed it – found it easier to grab the body and the grip the head on the unit. 3. There is a piece the box to screw on to the arbor which makes the arbor about 1 ½ inch longer which I felt made it way to long and made it hard to control. 4. My backing plate has center hole to aid in alignment of the LC pads with center holes – found that a 5/8 deep well socket fits perfectly in the hole in the back plate and makes pad centering a snap and perfect every time. 5. Cleanup is a snap – I use an old ice cream tub and some DP pad cleaner and spin dry inside of a 5 gallon bucket and lay flat to dry. 6. I notice on TOL site they recommend against using dawn and claims it will loosen the Velcro on the pad and hard to wash at all the soap residue. 7. I really do like the soft start and if you plug it in the switch on it will not start – you have to turn it off then back on. This is a single stage paint that was painted in 1998. The majority of polishing was done at or just above the 2 setting which on the Metabo is about 1100 to 1200 RPM using a LCC black pad and 106FF. I did break out a LCC white pad and 106ff for a scuff mark on the running board. I even slowed it down to 700 RPM and did inside the side (which is about a 1 wide area) and rear windows ledge using the edge of the pad only. I had no rotary skip nor did I have any problems controlling the rotary – I did the center of the roof one handed just hanging on the backend of the rotary. After doing a IPA wipe down and moving into the sun I will say that it is ready for LSP – swirl and hologram free. I have a Cyclo and PC and using the rotary is lot faster than the Cyclo and heads above a PC. My biggest regret is that I didn’t do it sooner. Here is the pictures after a IPA wipe down and the car is naked with not QD or LSP…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrobarCars Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 SCHWEEEEEEEEEEEEET! As I have heard....."Once you go ROTARY, you never go back!" I am next to take the Rotary Plunge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisH Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 SCHWEEEEEEEEEEEEET! As I have heard....."Once you go ROTARY, you never go back!" I am next to take the Rotary Plunge! I think I have a new best friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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