I saw the light!
The expensive Cyclo polisher (link below) is a twin-head machine, "to duplicate circulating hand movement".
http://www.cyclotoolmakers.com/products/prodcomp.html
Since that whole thread at the Moparts site (RickWrench's $50 paint job link.) is about experimentation, I said to myself, "Self!, why not see what you can do with that old Hoover twin-head floor polisher!"
I'll dig around for a rheostat (speed control) and I get still get the bonnets at my local Appliance repair shops. My mom had one brand with 3 heads, which I think was by Electrolux or Bissell.
These new car polishers got their roots from somewhere, and to me they lack the natural weight required to "Put the Stuff to it!", plus the big diameter machines don't have the amperage to deal with the pressure needed to handle the 'Orange Peel' issues that we'd get with this roller process. I remember waxing my mom's floors on my hands and knees, with my dad's old T-shirts, until we got the big polisher. Man, when you're 7 years old, those old farm kitchens look like a football field!
Anyway, the Hoover twin-head has 2 5-inch heads (lots of bonnets available, and they snap on and off (no wrenches required), :idea: plus when I'm done I can just reattach the long handle and use it elsewhere again.
I often go to the thrift stores looking for older woodworking tools, and there's always some of the old polishers and brushes around. The pads and bonnets and wool pad bonnet cleaning tools are available anywhere, and I'll bet a lighting rheostat would work just fine.
The expensive Cyclo polisher (link below) is a twin-head machine, "to duplicate circulating hand movement".
http://www.cyclotoolmakers.com/products/prodcomp.html
Since that whole thread at the Moparts site (RickWrench's $50 paint job link.) is about experimentation, I said to myself, "Self!, why not see what you can do with that old Hoover twin-head floor polisher!"
I'll dig around for a rheostat (speed control) and I get still get the bonnets at my local Appliance repair shops. My mom had one brand with 3 heads, which I think was by Electrolux or Bissell.
These new car polishers got their roots from somewhere, and to me they lack the natural weight required to "Put the Stuff to it!", plus the big diameter machines don't have the amperage to deal with the pressure needed to handle the 'Orange Peel' issues that we'd get with this roller process. I remember waxing my mom's floors on my hands and knees, with my dad's old T-shirts, until we got the big polisher. Man, when you're 7 years old, those old farm kitchens look like a football field!
Anyway, the Hoover twin-head has 2 5-inch heads (lots of bonnets available, and they snap on and off (no wrenches required), :idea: plus when I'm done I can just reattach the long handle and use it elsewhere again.
I often go to the thrift stores looking for older woodworking tools, and there's always some of the old polishers and brushes around. The pads and bonnets and wool pad bonnet cleaning tools are available anywhere, and I'll bet a lighting rheostat would work just fine.