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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BigFoot Production Officially Starts in the USA Longmont, Colorado – July 27th, 2016 - Continuing their commitment to growth in the US market, RUPES announced today the beginning of production for a number of their popular BigFoot electric polishers at their North...

The biggest technique issue I've observed is too much pressure... think in scale. We require virtually no pressure with the full size tools... scale that amount of force back to correspond to the size of the pads you're using on the nano. It requires a VERY light touch. There isn't anything...

Thank you and I apologize for the hassle in the first place. The least we can do is make right on issues as fast as we can. We have refined the manufacturing process on the nano plates a great deal. Its largely automated so we hit the robots with a hammer and threatened to take away their...

Not sure how much more I can say - no current plans to change the mini or duetto. Doesn't mean that they won't ever, but for now they're as they have been and will continue to be. I know people have this inherent fear that every time they buy something a better version will come out, but you...

Incredibly thorough review! Nicely done and I've shared it with the rest of our team for their information as well. Thank you for taking the time.

When we do decide to revamp that platform it will be announced, but right now theres nothing that I'm aware of in the works for either tool. Lots of other REALLY cool stuff in the pipeline at the moment though :)

Just to highlight a theme I see in the posts here - people keep commenting that the pads are stiff. I'm sure B&S has honed in on the fact that our pads are stiff and this is by design. Softer foam structures will neuter some of the movement, even in lower profile designs. Additionally a foam...

The 21 Mark II will handle curves and contours just fine, but aside from that putting a larger pad/plate combo onto the LHR15 will cause pad stall for other reasons. The eccentric is balanced to offset a 125mm backing plate and 150mm pad. Adding the 150mm backing plate with 180mm pad adds...

Rodney, Sorry I'm late to the party, but I replied to your PM just now and looks like you've gotten a lot of the same advice I would've provided here. Mike makes the point best - the bigfoot system will require you to rethink your approach to polishing if you're coming from a traditional...

What kind of pad was it? What speed are you working on mostly?

This is part of an insert that started being added to the Nano kits as well, to provide some guidance on what configurations were recommended. If anyone received and early production version of the tool and needs a copy of the pdf for their records please send me an email [email protected] ...

There are other factors to consider, but first you have to think in terms of scale. The inertia of that 70mm pad humming along in rotary mode is pretty high (in scale) - in rotary mode obviously you are in direct drive. Motor spins, pad spins; but it works both ways - pad spins, motor spins...

Ceramic clear or high solids clear... its really just boils down to really hard clear coat (concrete hard). The UHS system was designed to address those paint systems, but honestly it works like a charm on everything. I use it almost exclusively on my toyota 4runner and the paint on that thing...

To piggy-back a little on Todd's input about rinse-ability: I'm sure we can all recognize the marketing angle there is with foaming soap, everyone enjoys that look of shaving cream being applied to paintwork in the wash process. Its a show and we are visual creatures! The industry has 'jumped...

Carbon brushes are like brake pads - you change them when you need to. No benefit in changing them before they're due to be replaced. The wear rate of the brushes on the BF polishers is actually extremely low when compared to other tools, so unless its got a ton of hours on it you should be...

Fantastic and thorough review. Thank you!

Its a problem that can actually manifest with really fine pads of all makes when used on the right (or in this case wrong) paint. If we think of it purely in terms of porosity the finer the foam the more foam is actually in contact with the surface (less pores) so you're increasing contact...

Shoot us an email and we'll happily swap it out under warranty [email protected]

Because we didn't ask for (or receive) your emails and the products were shipped directly from our offices in Colorado you probably won't see notifications - except for those who have FedEx accounts and we spelled everything correctly on :) They were all processed on the same day and should be...

Todd is correct. Without delving too deep into the details that aren't for public consumption yet: Cyclo has been and will continue to be a US made product. If anyone is ever in the Longmont Colorado area and would like to watch them being built its quite the process to behold, and while the...