Slippery Rock Gazette

The Weha “PIG” Variable Speed Orbital Polisher is now available with surface honing and polishing packages for granite, quartz and quartzite, and marble

The Weha PIG Countertop Planetary Polisher was designed and built specifically for stone countertops. This isn’t a modified floor machine. The PIG Planetary Machine has been designed to re-polish, hone, and leather all stone countertops. If you have a scratch, you can re-polish. If you want to remove the polish and hone, no problem. If you need to leather granite, marble, quartzite, you can do it easily with the Pig Planetary Polisher.

The PIG Planetary Surface Machine has been designed for both in-shop use as well as for job site (in-home) use. For use in the shop, there is a dedicated quick connect water port that connects to a standard garden hose for continuous water flow. This has an on/off valve to control water flow. For on-the-job, or in the home, the machine features a half-gallon water reservoir than can be filled off site, ahead of time. The user dispenses the water with two separate on/off valves to control the exact amount of water needed. To help control the water spray from the pads, a removable rubber water skirt is provided.

The PIG Planetary Polisher has three heads, each with a 5/8-11 thread mounts. It can accept four, five, or six-inch pads. With a full 14 inch clearance, the 6 inch pad is the recommended size, as it offers more diamond to surface contact. 

The PIG is a dual-action planetary polisher, which means that  the three heads spin as well as the entire body, giving dual planetary action for fast, clean, even, no-swirl finish to all material.

Using the PIG Planetary Polisher along with the Weha polishing systems available will give you best results, says the manufacturer, and a professional, factory-grade hone, polish, or leather finish. 

Six-inch Donkey Pads are included in the standard package. Packages for specific finishes are also available

The PIG comes with three brass thread snail lock back-up pads. These can accept both five- and six-inch Velcro snail lock back-up pads. Six-inch Donkey pads are included with the standard package.

The PIG also comes with a 31-1/2-inch extension handle that attaches via a quick pin system. The extension handle plugs into the PIG electrical system so you can turn the machine on/off and change the variable speed, all from the extension handle. The extension handle is ideal for larger islands, as it will reach across the entire island and work the surface continuously without having to walk around the island.

The extension handle is also perfect for working on the floor by either polishing floors or putting full slabs on the floor, or saw bed, or work table.

The PIG features a variable speed of 300-940 RPM. The unit has an RPM memory built-in so that it starts back at the rpm where you turned it off. Several optional packages are available specific to honing, leathering or polishing  on granite, marble, quartz or quartzite.

For more information visit wehausa.com for a list of dealers.