Sunday, September 7, 2008

The Polish Begins...

As I hinted at in my last post, I began to polish the Surfin' Safari. So I went out and purchased a polisher from Harbor Freight...well I guess you get what you pay for. As you can see in the picture below, it lasted all of about two feet before it died.
So I promptly returned to Harbor Freight, and they gave me a brand new unit since I had purchased the extended service plan.
I decided that I didn't want to run back and forth to Harbor Freight...So I decided to fork out the big bucks and by a heavy duty polisher from Sears. So I got a Milwaukee and It cost me $200 and while it is a little heavy, it works very well...anyone wanna buy a brand new polisher from Harbor Freight?
After I got my new polisher, the process began to work much smoother. After my first weekend of polishing this is what I have gotten done so far. BTW, I also purchased one of those foldable ladders from Lowes and it helps tremendously when getting the higher stuff because it converts into scaffolding as you can see in the picture.
And of course, here is the "up-close" shot that you see in all polishing posts. You can see the above is the before and the below...well you guessed it, the after.
One thing that I am refusing to do is keep track of how many hours I will spend polishing...I know, I know...everybody else does it. But I don't want to know how many hours I spend baking in the sun grinding away...So I am not going to do it...no matter what you say Frank...I am not gonna to do it...nope, nope nope...no hours here!

3 comments:

Frank Yensan said...

I ball park the numbers. I do not keep track of how much it cost me either. how does the saying go? The results, priceless.

Glad to see you went to a real compounder. Next you need a cyclo. VTS is the place to go for that...

Uber said...

I have a cyclo on the way from VTS...it should be here by Wednesday...man, you just gotta love tools!

Frank Yensan said...

What I love is that you are buying quality tools. The cyclo and the compounder will both be with you forever. Heck, your kid will actually have something to inherit there. I promise you will be happy with both your purchases. Keep the post coming, I enjoy your blog very much.