About a year ago my Dad went through a detailing phase. He bought some tools and other stuff, some of which I found last week. The sad part it only lasted about a month.







I knew about the yellow one already, but found the other two today. Any tips about using them or some good products or pads?

When I try them out I'll use them on the jag in the back. It's mom's so who cares

 

What you have there is an 'old school' orbital (yellow), a newer rotary-type tool (the one with the fluffy pad) and an 'old school' dual-action (the Wen).

As for pads, hard call...

The rotary, pending it has a standard shaft, can be utilized pretty quick and easy... as for the other two, not sure. What size pad is on that WEN?

 

10"

I found a pic of the Jag he was "for the month" into detailing.

 

Nice Jag... that WEN machine really sounds familar to me for some reason. Not sure why...

WEN makes metal polishes... I wonder if that thing was touted as a metal polishing machine? Boss -- any insight on this thing?

If the Rotary's shaft is 3/8, you're golden to simply buy a backing plate, pads, and you're roaring...

Remember though, a rotary is a totally different beast... you can severely thrash paint with a rotary in a jiffy -- granted, it's difficult to screw up paint but, with something with more power, it becomes much less forgiving versus a DA or similar....

 

never seen that brand of rotary....if you are thinking of using it two things....#1 it needs to be variable speed both trigger and max speed settings, #2 get rid of the wool and go with only foam pads until you have some time under your belt using it....good luck