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Rupes polishers are excluded from virtually every sale, even no exclusion sales. Only the 1 1/4" backing plate is meant for rotary use. 2" backing plate is meant for 3mm and 12mm DA modes. No 3" plate available for the nano as far as I know. 3" would be the lhr75 models.

Since the corvette is primarily fiberglass, a basic PTG isn't going to be any good. You would need an ultrasonic PTG like the defelsko positector 200. But specific to the car an lacquer. It can be treated the same as urethane. Need to be careful with the fiberglass though. It will not...

Good you got it fixed. Another option if you don't have steam is to place a damp towel in the microwave to heat it.

The silica based spray sealant (and wowa spray sealants) have come a long way. I'm in the process of testing a variety of silica spray sealants over the winter to see if they can make it or not. To this point (2+ months). All are still there doing something, but on the lower portion of doors...

Also ideal when prepping to coat a car. I deliberately use products that leave nothing behind because I'm trying to get to bare paint and adding anything is counter productive. So a single product to do my rinseless wash, clay lube and then panel prep without leaving anything is ideal.

I have not had a total hip. I had a core decompression and free vascularize fibular graft. Cut out my fibula and blood vessels, drilled a shaft up into the head of the femur, inserted fibula into the shaft and attached blood vessels. It was brutal. 4 months on crutches and wheelchair. 2...

Since you've never picked up a machine before, I assume that this is only for your own vehicles and not for business purposes. As such, I would suggest a DA polisher. Both the shinemate and DAS Pro are well regarded with the folks in the UK. If you wanted I bit more correction power, perhaps...

Your understanding isn't wrong, but it isn't right either. The industry doesn't have a standard naming convention. HD Speed 'correction glaze' is a good example; at least HD claims is doesn't fill, but traditionally we think of glaze as a filler, but again, not always. Products called a...

Seems like a replacement for the 6040, but the 6040 was always a true sander that was adapted, this seems like a true car polisher. I'd see them keeping the 6040 for the woodworkers and now offering this to the car guys. Looks like the demo guy was really fighting the machine at 1:53.

Q-tips are going to leave scratches. Either use one bare finger, a small piece of foam by hand or remove the rings to do the work and replace them after. Expect new OEM rings to be $40.

I have tried putting a 3" backing plate with Rupes 100mm pads on a 15mm throw machine, it was like a jack hammer. I would not recommend it. But, it meant I could try the system before I purchased a 15mm throw pneumatic mini. If you want a smaller machine for getting into tight areas, then a...

That is going to be paint dependent. On most paints, it should not be an issue. But, if you find yourself installing micromarring when wiping them off, then start spraying with a QD, rinseless or waterless wash. I've found this necessary with very sensitive paints (this may be due to color or...

The price point will determine a lot, but the mckee's line is very economical, so I don't see this being a sticking point. But more to your point, the big advantages to me are the dilution ratios and the versatility. Very high dilution for rinseless and waterless. It can also be used for clay...

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10H pencil hardness is much, much different than 10 mineral hardness.

I also need to provide some additional info. I previously state that Beta lays flat on the paint. This was the case for a filthy car. When using it again today on the same car (relatively clean), it did bead. This seems to indicate that ONR, UWW and ech2o have constituents that actively...

I will respectfully disagree, but only to a point. The container specifies 1:128 dilution as a rinseless. I do realize Mr. Stoops has provided alternative dilutions, but I do not think it would be reasonable or fair when testing a number of products to deviate from the official dilution. With...

I received my sample from Nick this past monday. It was -20F outside so I decided to wait until today when it was close to 40F. When the product arrived, it was frozen solid. Not a surprise considering a squirt of water from a bottle will freeze in midair at those temps. After letting it...

Mix d114 string at the paint prep dilution and use it for door jambs and light interior cleaning efforts. That's should burn through it

At a minimum, you should strip the paint (with IPA or another panel wipe) after your test spot with 3800 to verify that you have actually removed the haze in question and not just masked it with the oils in 3800. After that, I would say it's not necessary based on your other product selections.