Recent content by kkritsilas

Just so that everybody knows, the Forensic Detailing Channel on Youtube just released a video on the newly released Flex PXE80 cordless mini polisher. He does a pretty thorough review, going through most of the major points of interest in great detail.

When I was in Munich a long time ago (on company business), we ended up talking to our hosts about Oktoberfest. The ladies/women/girls who serve the beer during Oktoberfest are real professionsals. Many ONLY serve beer during Oktoberfest, they make enough during that month to live on for the...

The 5” pads were discontinued in late 2015/early 20016. You may have a chance to find some at the vendors who used to sell them, like Autogeek, if they have any old stock left. That would be your best bet, short term. Other things to consider might be to use the current 5.5” Hybrid Force...

You can store them anywhere you want, any way you want, as long as they don't get dirt or dust on them (that will ruin your day next time you use them). Putting them into Rubbermade/Sterilite plastic containers is fine, but they won't fit into the detailer bags that are used by some mobile...

In my mind, a definite missed opportunity. I am wondering if Flex is going to be puttting the brushless motors into the corded versions of the 3401, PE14-2, and PE8 when they revise them.

Forget to my experience polishing wheels, as background: I have polished out two sets of Chrysler/Dodge factory alloy wheels. The types are referred to as 5 on 5s (5 Flat wide spokes, interleaved with 5 thin spokes on a lower layer) and Snowflakes. (NOT the Pontiac snowflakes). Both wheels are...

Just as a suggestion: try Flitz's Pre Cleaner for aluminum. I don't know if it is acidic or basic, but it does do a great job on aluminum oxidation, and it is a chemical, not an abrasive. If that does work, you can figure out which way to go afterwards. You will get a mirror finish if you use...

North American polishers are usually 5/8", European standard is M14 (14mm), The PE14-2 is 5/8" shaft (I own one, and can say that with certainty). When John from Forensics Detailing on Youtube reviewed it, it was an M14 shaft size,

So is allowing that people will use whatever tools they feel most comfortable with. So is understanding that your statement opens up a lot of ways of it being interpreted, and drawing some inferences. as I did. (I didn't call people who have difficulty with using a 21mm long throw polisher...

So the inference being anybody that buys a Mille, or LHR19 is now automatically goes from being a great detailer to a mediocre detailer, I take it. You know, people like Remy Doyle, Junkman 2000, the entire team of world class detailers that worked on the Air Force One detail (used both 3401s...

I felt compelled to comment because the original statement would have lead some people reading the post that all long throw polishers were equally smooth. That is not the case; in the case of long throw polishers, it is the engineering/development/refinement of the Rupes that makes it as smooth...

It is incorrect to say "...The smoothness and correction ability of a long throw is undeniable.....", because there are other long throw polisher that will not be as smooth as the Rupes polishers. There are plenty of cheap Chinese long throw polishers that won't be anything near as smooth as a...

The Forensic Detailing channel did a very comprehensive head to head (to head if the DAS 6 Pro Plus is included) comparison between the polishers. Brought up a lot of good points about all of the polishers, and where one is better than the other. Keep in mind, the video was made in the UK, so...

In other words, like a Flex XC3401.

The assumption is that the paint will be afterwards be machine polished by the pro, so that the marring left behind by the aggressive clay bar will be eliminated by the machine polishing. I don't understand what you mean by "smearing". if you are referring to marring, from what Meguiar's is...