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Great to hear. :righton: My opinion was partly based upon a discussion that took place in this thread: G110 or Flex - Car Care Forums: Meguiar's Online

A bit hard to do considering the tight tolerance of the backing plate in relation to the aluminum housing. As you already know, this can be a problem when the plastic backing plate hits the aluminum. I suspect that you have already added two supplemental washers to increase backing plate...

O-kay!!! I applaud you for trying new things, scouring the forums for cutting-edge information, and just in general, being a polishing enthusiast. I'm not even going to try to talk you out of the mineral oil thing because it is a process that you believe to be beneficial. I'd rather see you...

Well, most of the machines list their stroke, orbit, or offset measurements in their spec sheet or on the manufacturers website. The major players in the air-tool business generally offer their machines in 3/32", 3/16", and 5/16" diameter orbit. Here's a list of some of the most popular 5" &...

Yes. Until you're wise enough to make an adjustment. Give you three guesses... Im the MAN

Not with the wax you mentioned, but YES. It does happen. I've seen it happen with both red and blue colored products. It is notable that on most occasions, the staining occurred on painted areas that I'd just applied a vinyl/rubber dressing to an adjacent trim piece. Some of the dressing...

If you can swing the price for a random orbital, there is no comparison. :eek: Ahh-ha! :joking: Really, though... a random orbital will cost you substantially less dough, and its performance can equal or rival the results achieved by a forced rotation orbital or rotary machine. A random...

Right on. I can e-mail the PDF version if you'd like. It's an easier read. Wow. That is one heckuva compliment. I really appreciate the acknowledgement! Just a regular detail-guy that gave it a shot. A hail Mary. I swung for the cheap seats. Im the MAN This is a modified section of...

Also have the article in a PDF. Easier to read but it's bout 3.6 megabytes, so e-mail me and I'll fire off a copy to you! ::xyxthumbs: [email protected]

Or a nut... Im the MAN I'll do my best... thanks! Me too- I had to wing it on the last 2/3rds. Hope it makes sense. :bolt:

Yes, but don't assume that you won't get spots when washing a car because the ingredients in the soap can still spot. If you have an endless supply of pure water, regardless the purification method, then "water" spots will not be a problem. Most detailers use de-ionized water because it's a...

Uhhh.... I see a re-write in the not too distant future. :cry: Short answer? I'm not that guy. Plenty of very basic info already available... thanks for the compliment on the diagrams however! :righton:

Psshhhh... I LOVE your enthusiasm for machines!!!! :applause: Plus you get extra points for your Avatar.

It can, but doesn't always. I like the comfort it provides- doesn't steer the machine all over the place. :buffing:

For quite some time I have been working on a paper about the innerworkings of the random orbital. While I have not had a whole lot of extra time this year to devote to completing it, I decided to post a modified portion of it. This section pertains to MACHINE STROKE, and how it may affect...

Gotcha. Flex is using a different terminology to identify the movement the machine creates. In an attempt to compare "apples to apples" in terms of motion similarities (so the average guy doesn't think their machine is akin to a top fuel dragster in terms of its ability to create a pig-tail...

Well SAID! In the REAL world... Buffing guys would read all 9,000 words Mike and I write in an average "post". It's guys like us that forced Twitter to limit tweets to 140 characters.

Quite some time ago (Jan '09 perhaps) I wrote about using the Surbuf for the purpose on heavy defect removal. Since prior to this it had only been touted as a polishing and waxing pad, the premise was new. Thought I would post this up over here in hopes of clarifying the reasoning behind the...

Oh, boy. :grouphug: My eyeballz... they are a' spinning... even my mind's eye! I think what 07 z-oh-6 is trying to say is that adding pressure simply squishes all the microfingers flat, and when this happens, it's not a good thing because the fingers do not form a flat surface. Instead, they...

In response to this: I took this from a similar thread on another forum awhile back: Another thread,another date: