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While doing some cleanup last week, it seems the backing plate wrench for my GG6 accidentally ended up in one of the boxes I threw out. Doesn't seem you can get a replacement, and I need it fairly quickly anyway, so could someone be so kind as to measure the thickness of the wrench with some...

Thanks for the replies. I went ahead and ordered a pet grooming attachment for the vacuum. We'll see how that works. Using a vacuum seems like the cleanest approach so it seems worth experimenting with. I guess it might clog the vacuum's filter the way drywall dust does, so that's something...

Hi Dave, from your PM listing page, at the bottom there's a box titled "Selected messages" and one of the options is "download as text." So before you delete messages to free up space, click the checkbox next to the desired messages, select "download as text," and save the file. Then delete the...

Thanks T-Dave. I generally work with the garage door closed so I guess I'll have to get creative. I wonder if a shop vac attachment with short, stiff bristles would work (maybe a dog grooming attachment like this: Shop-Vac 9190400 1.1/4-Inch Dog Grooming Tool - Amazon.com or some stiff nylon...

Hoping to try out some microfiber pads for the first time soon. Since the general consensus is that compressed air cleaning is a must after each small section, I have a few questions: Do you blow the air onto the pad with the machine on and free spinning, or off? Any particular type of air...

It might be that 11Frontier is referring to the difficulty of seeing light/fine scratches on light colors, and they're even harder to see once you've partially corrected them. That's about the only special consideration I can think of where light paint color comes into play. If anyone ever...

I notice all the photos of the front portion are of the left side. Does the right side also have that slotted plug, and is that for a screw-in accessory handle that comes with it? Or maybe a U-shaped handle that attached to both sides?

With the amount of dust exposure you're talking about, I don't think any product is going to do a good job of just sheeting it off. You might consider a Master Blaster, which doubles as a good "dust-blower-offer" besides its intended purpose of blowing water off. Prima Epic seems to have...

Since there are special considerations with ceramic clears, you might want to look into this further to be sure. While many internet voices say Audi uses ceramic clear, I've never found official confirmation of that, and the detailing people I've talked to have said it's not ceramic, just a...

I pulled together some info that may help this discussion. To review, the "Dual Action" of a DA polisher refers to: Action #1: the orbital motion of the motor driveshaft driving the offset spindle assembly (this leads to the OPM (Orbits Per Minute) specification, and it typically can be...

Hi Swanicyouth, When your counter-arguments become fabricated claims and cherry-picked data points to continue to support your beliefs, I lose interest. Oh well. If you want to continue to discuss via PM, that's fine, but it's beyond where it's a forum-suitable dialog.

As others have noted, about 400 watts is the AC power consumption. All that tells you is that you can safely run it on a 15 amp circuit simultaneously with another tool consuming about 9 amps. That number doesn't have a direct relationship with the correcting power at the pad, especially with...

If, by "power to the pad" you mean rotations of the pad (as opposed to the oscillations which are rated by the opm), it's the larger throw that induces the greater ability to rotate the pad, all else being equal. But let's put this in perspective. The GG has 8mm throw diameter (or 4mm radius)...

Post-processing (PP) software is really not conducive to a quickie overview. They all have their differences in what you can do and how you use the software to accomplish it. Reading about PP software in general doesn't really help much since you ultimately need to pick a software package and...

Yes, when polishing vertical, rotations are harder to come by. I've also noticed this over the years when sanding wood with random orbital/DA sanders in horizontal versus vertical positions. If you try the scale, see if you can put it vertical against a wall or something. What registers as 5...

Interesting...according to this spec sheet (assuming this is final production data): the minimum opm (rpm) for the Duetto is 4000, and maximum is 5500. Compare that to the Rupes 15: 1700-4800 rpm, and the Rupes 21: 1700-4200 (although I've also seen 5000 as the max in some places). So the...

You might try getting a bathroom scale, put the polisher on the scale and note the weight of just the polisher, then note how little pressure you have to apply (hold it the way you would when using it) to get 5 lbs more, then 10 lbs more, 15 lbs more. Just holding/steering the polisher with...

The materials used on interiors can be very different, and I've noticed differences in the ease of application, ranging from easy/no issues to a bit more work. The amount of product also seems to vary, since some materials are essentially glossy plastic and needs very little, and other materials...

Thanks for the replies. So do any of you guys have the XPEL film on parts of the car and a liquid coating (cquartz or whatever) on other parts? How do they compare? I looked at the XCEL website and they offer several different films. I got the impression the one on the Corvette Nation segment...

They talked about this product on this week's episode of the TV show Corvette Nation (on the Velocity channel). Claim it lasts 10 years. Anyone see the show or familiar with XPEL?