At walmart they have a polishing/wax wheel on sale for 20 bucks..... is this a good find or a bargain bin no no. Looks decent to me...

what do you mean by polishing /wax wheel??

my guess is he means a buffing wheel. What size is it -6", 8", 10" 12" .....? Those buffing wheels are getting cheaper and cheaper. I've got a 12", but don't like to use it as I haven't mastered using it without leaving swirls, so I do it by hand when I do my 1999 since the swirls really show on the black, but on the green 1994 the buffing wheel swirls don't hardly show and that wheel makes removing the hand-installed polish and wax a breeze to remove.
I'd say if it'* an 8" or 10" get it. 12" and larger is too large as the flat open areas on our Bonnevilles aren't much more than 10"*.

save the money and buy a true polisher by PC at
http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/*...a5b+1088555665

Not a bad deal considering the 6in backing plate is included. Total cost with shipping is $126.50. You will still need pads and I would recommend Lake Country Pads so plan on spending an extra $50 for the pads. Here is a link for a quality shop that carries the pads. http://www.topoftheline.com/polisherpads.html I would also check out this merchant http://www.detailersparadise.com/Splash.asp

Once you use a PC you will never go back to using your hand for certain car finishing procedures. Applying wax and removing the wax is still a job best left to using your hands but the polishing and removing swirl marks nothing beats a PC.