Recent content by gasterus

Only use moderate pressure with mine...treat it like a rotary polisher, but I didn't tighten the BP from the start.

I didn't tighten the BP when i got mine....is that what's causing the premature wear. They should tighten the BP next time they send the units to customers. Its a little ridiculous hoping the customers will tighten the BP without any notice/instructions.

Thanks for chiming in Meghan. I already emailed Dwyane and I believe he already working on it. It is difficult to communicate by phone due to the time difference. I believe AG is reputable company, and thats why I always bought my detailing supplies from AG. I'm just not sure how FLEX will...

I hope so...still waiting for Dwayne's reply. Hopefully, he has some fruitful results from FLEX. My build date is 01/2008, which is consider as the newer batch. I hope FLEX corrected all this problem, before sending out more units to customers.

+1

That's exactly what i experience before the backing plate fails....takes actually less then a minute from the burning plastic smell before it breaks down completely. I do not have the leisure to find a replacement backing plate as I online ordered the machine from AG and has it shipped to...

Damm...there are some reported issues with FLEX polisher after all. However, I don't recall putting much pressure on the polisher during polishing...basically just resting my hand on the polisher while guiding it along. Now, I do feel a little disappointed with this machine.

Hi guys, I wanna share some of my problem with the FLEX XC3401. Use the FLEX for about 30mins for my first polishing session, and during my second polishing session with the FLEX polisher white smoke and dust start to spur from the backing plate before the polisher comes to a complete...