Small hand-held MOP

[lordofthewings]

In the excellent Ch4 documentary "How to build British - Morgan", several of the scenes show factory workers with small (sometimes one-handed) polishing MOPs. Anyone know where to get them ? (I have one of the large, mains-powered 2-handed ones, but it's a bit clumsy for detail work).

[lordofthewings]

Thanks for the ID. Having trawled Ebay there's a bewildering array of cordless polishers available from around £50 up to £350, so this is going to take more research before I decide.

[lordofthewings]

Thanks for the tips and weblink. I'm not planning to tackle any fridges (although I did like that bit !). In a previous incarnation I owned many TVRs and made what I thought was a competent job of entire bonnets, using good ol' elbow grease in the early days, and later a mains orbital polisher / MOP. It's smaller jobs on my current Morgan Roadster for which I need the mini-polisher (orbital logic duly noted).

[lordofthewings]

lordofthewings said:

In the excellent Ch4 documentary "How to build British - Morgan", several of the scenes show factory workers with small (sometimes one-handed) polishing MOPs. Anyone know where to get them ?

I solved my own problem. The trick is to search for a different description, I got mine on Ebay "Mini Nano Dual Action & Rotary Battery Paint Correction Polisher Machine".
It is supplied with two power packs and a charger (UK adaptor), and a variety of pads in 1" and 2" diameters. Reasonably priced IMHO for what it does, and works a treat !

[lordofthewings]

Correct, that's exactly what I need it for. A already have a mains-powered MOP which works well on bonnet-sized areas, as per my previous posts. I'll try to do some pics of "before and after" areas on the Roadster, there are still a couple to do but (a) they are very small, and (b) my photographic skills may be lacking. I also have an entirely different polisher for alloy wheels, not applicable to the wires on the Morgan, but it did a good job on the corroded alloys on a previous TVR. Incidentally the wires on the Roadster have Morgan-logo valve caps, I can't convince myself whether they are highly desirable or totally unnecessary and will get stolen some day.

Edited by lordofthewings on Wednesday 25th August 12:25