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That is a true bargain. Thank you for the offer of sending me a backing pad, much appreciated. But I think its sorted. Via either the German supplier or hopefully Makita UK will come back and say they are now selling them. I am most interested to see if there is a vibration difference between...

Boy we are lucky in the UK. Electrical goods have to have a 2 year warranty. Simples buy it from Amazon ... it breaks you tell them ( send pics and a video) and get an immediate refund ... go buy somethig else. Interesting I see Rupes flaunt European Law and offer a 1 year warranty. Actually...

Just trying to learn. Some of those marks look like the clear coat has detached ? And has oodles of stone chips? Or is it just the camera? Or polish dust? ( personally I find it very difficult to capture decent images of paint flaws ) E.g. looks like 3 horrible scatches (2 on the edge and one in...

$160 thats an amazing deal! In the UK all that would buy you is a Das Pro. Was that new? I finally found someone in Germany who sells the 5” BP for £26 ( the official german price) and ships to the UK. :):) Some robbers were wanting £100! I also found the Flex 75mm pad fits as long as you get...

I just wondered if it would put a deeper shine on it, and then use it as a maintenance routine. I dont know how 0000 wire wool equates to polish or even 5000 grit . But I was surprised it gleamed after doing it. But the trial patch worked. Maybe all it did was remove the limescale bloom and...

I only ask, as living in a hard water area ... I noticed around the sink area of our black granite, there was a sort of limescale haze. Despite the wife fastidiously wiping it down. a call to the guys who installed it, resulted in an estimate of £300 to come and give it a quick polish. in the...

Before I decided to do it myself (mainly based on an enjoyment factor) I looked at 3 detailers. One expensive seriously experienced company, but they do all the work for Mclaren and Ferrari. And one cheap on, and one mid priced. Imwould have gone for the expensive ine simply because they...

Thanks Mike boy is there a lot to learn about this polishing art :) Thanks for the link encouraging that it might be smooth on my machine and pad :)

I live in a little village, that is 3 miles away from a coach trip to Heathrow Airport. The idiot council has given us a traffic warden, so some people dump there cars here, bet on the coach and avoid paying main airport car charges at £150. Obviously due to the Trafic Warden, they cant park in...

Thanks again Mike Appreciate the link and the effort. Very interesting you found it smooth running. I noticed just running free air without the intended 4” pad it, on speed 1 it vibrated more than the 6” backing plate on its own. But seemed better on speed 3. So hopefully the extra pad weight...

Hi Mike I really appreciate the thread, especially as a newbie. it could be a nice stop gap solution, as its probably a good idea to see if I am competent at polishing before buying another machine. I fully appreciate your comment that its not an endorsement of the practice ... obviously the...

Bump You lucky guys in the US can buy it on Amazon US $31

In honesty, I would totally agree with you. I only tried it as the 3” backing pad cost £20. V £300 for the Flex 7-12 80. And I realised it would need a 100mm Rupes pad on it, that just comes to the black skirt. Plus I am finding it almost impossible to get the Makita 5” BP. US wont ship to UK...

I tested the Flex 3” BP today just free air and no Pad. I was surprised that it was not as smooth [vibration free] as when the Makita 6” BP was in it. On level 3 it got better, but on level 1 the Polisher definitely vibrated more. Hopefully it will get better when I put on the Rupes 100mm...

We live in an extremely hard water area. Note I always final rinse off the car with filtered 0PPM water. However this summer, someone just parked their car for 3 weeks, in front of our front lawn (fundamentally on my land). I didnt realise the water sprinker was dosing it every day. Note this...

Hi I see the water spots, but what are the dull, almost matte looking marks. Is that just flatter water marks or is the surface of the clearcoat etched out? ( note: I habe no polishing experience .. just enquiring)

Always good to find kit that lasts. My last Pro Karcher lasted 26 years. In fact it was still working , but started a slow leak, mc functioned fine. Sent it back to be fixed ... they undid it only to find another part needed fixing that was no longer available. Sadly they have a policy if they...

The Makita 6” [150mm] BP is nicely covered by the Rupes Ultra Soft 180mm pad But I really hope they can get me a 5” BP as this one is a bit unwieldy on the smaller more curvy panels.

Thanks mine arrived today. Odd they are for the same mc, but different part nos. As per the web site. And the rubbber on mine is red and yours looks black. Hope they recently changed them, as I saw 2 posts about them breaking up. For anyone else you need to buy a M8 Low profile head Cap Bolt x...

Its funny they used an obviously expensive swirl light at the body shop, hardly any showed up yet my cheapo B&Q security light high up on the wall picks up the few light swirl marks best! :)