Well this year my buffer finally broke. The head of the buffer chewed itself up pretty good. So this year it looks like i need to buy a new one. My old one was back from the 80s,it was a Orbital 9inch buffer rated at 1700watts low and 1900watts high and was 4.0amps. It was very powerful and dug into the paint very very well.. I have been looking around town for one but cant find any good ones, the most powerful one I found was 1.5amps which isnt very strong at all compared to the one I had!

So anybody have any suggestions on any good buffers I can buy?

Check www.portercable.com , they have 3.7 amps and 10 amps.

Porter Cable model 7336 sold at Lowes, 109.00 It has capability of quick change velcro backer plates with different texture foam pads sold thru www.topoftheline.com Best orbital on the market by far, has adjustable speed also.

the Makita 9227 is a real good one too.

but on the expensive side.

A good one yes, but a completely different kind of buffer than the ones we are talking about, the Makita is a rotary direct drive unit made for pretty major paint removal and high speed final finish buffing, it is not an orbital.

Thanks for the help guys.

I think im just gonna get my buffer repaired. I was quoted around 60bucks if the guy can find the parts. The only 9+inch buffers i found where like 1.5amps at most which i find isnt powerful enough. The 6inch buffers do come with more amperage but I find them to small.

Ain't no way I would spend 60 bucks to repair an old buffer when you can get the PC buffer for 109.00 at Lowes that has interchangable head stock that you can run a 5 inch, 6 inch, 7.5 inch (what I run) or any other size you can think of foam pads.