Hi Gang hope everyone is doing well. My ques. to all of you is can you use a rotary machine with an OP if I use a glider?? Please give me your feedback. Thanks
Gang I'll try to be more clear I would like to use a rotary machine with a pad driver and put a terry cloth OP pad on it then put a glider on.Will this work? if so what kind of results do you think I can get and what are the possible problems?? Thanks everyone Steve
You might not need a glider with a rotary. Before experiencing an orbital machine for the first time, I used rotary machines (175 RPM) with Argo's 2-sided terrycloth pads, and no glider for a few years. As soon as I tried an OP, I felt it was producing better results than my rotaries. I think this is because of the higher level of agitation achieved with an OP: 1750 RPM in the little orbital scrubbing movements vs. 175 RPM for the standard floor buffer (some are available with dual speeds: 175 and 350.)
You could probably try putting a black or green scrub pad under your rotary then put an OP pad under that to see if you like it. That should work. If you do that for a while and like it then look into getting a different pad driver for your rotary.