Search results

I tried s0, s3 xxl, s20 black and the spider pad. s0 is an interesting one- extremely gritty and after polish you can feel the grittiness on the paint- almost like sanding. S3 XXL is good and slightly shorter working time than FG400. I cant really say it is better than FG400. FG400 is able to...

First off probably is the quality of the compound. The finer the abrasive, the lesser the cut, but the flatter the paint surface one can potentially achieved. How the compound is being rub into the paint will depends on the pad, tools and technique. Long throw or not, compound, pad and technique...

Yes, the lower the grit, the lesser the jump. You can sand till as fine as you want, but as long as you not removing the 400 sanding mark completely, it is there to stay. 400 to 600 is really tight enough in my experience. When you reach above 800g though, you can get away with 1000g then 2000g...

400 to 800gr is too big of a leap in my opinion. I too faced difficulty removing sanding mark completely usually with lower grit from 320 onward. 1000grit onward is easy to remove and not as sensitive. From 360grit, 500grit is probably the widest leap i am comfortable doing.

Its on their facebook.

I saw the latest news that Buff and Shine is going to launch their new uro-cell foam pad which is meant for most DAs (except low throw) and direct gear buffer such as rotary and flex. Glad to see that the pad design is similar to the uro-tec which in my opinion should be the dominant design for...

That looks like normal wear to me. I had that in most of my used pads- not only the hybrid. As mentioned, go gentle with cleaning of pad. Having said that, some foam does wear out faster- generally the cutting pad.

Personally I find the low pro pad works great with Rupes but a little too stiff to my liking for the flex 3401. Having a thicker foam and possibly a softer foam, the Uro-Tec seems like perfect pad for Flex 3401. Did anybody tried the Uro-tec on a flex 3401?

Ok, now i understood what you actually meant. I initially thought you were referring to streaks. I have tried quite a number of coatings and my observation is it is actually normal for some coatings to act like that. There was once I wipe the same spot with 4 new towels and the smear is still...

Could it be your UK has been opened for some time or you are finishing off the last bit in the bottle? Just like most similar sort of silica coating, the product will semi-cure and gets harder and harder to use after some time when it is opened, sometimes as short as a few days/ weeks depending...

Yes you can but it isn't the optimal setup like what the rest mentioned. Doing so would cause too much stress on the center and does little correction at the edges. Of course you can adjust your technique and swap pad often to get it work for you but a pad larger than plate by 0.1 to 0.5 inch is...

Coated cars day in day out for 5 years already. It depends on the type of coating too as some self level better and some more/less viscous but generally it is short nap every time for me. Some coating manufacturer recommend just suede cloth provided you can apply very thin and evenly using the...

Interesting point and it make sense regarding the definition of 'sheeting'. I have always enjoyed reading and learning the know why from your posts. 1 observance between the 2 products however is the slickness. The more hydrophobic product tend to feel less slick so my first thought would be to...

This is a side by side demonstration between beading and sheeting starting at 30s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6zim2_mTT4 I have been detailing full time day in day out for 8 years and probably speak to at least 1000 customers if not more. I have to say that I have given up on trying to...

Those pictures help a lot. Able to visualize better now. If i were to 'split hairs', short neck looks a little more maneuverable on the I pillar and it seems long neck probably works better on the bumper where plenty of squeezing is needed. Thank you Mike!

Thanks for the input! Pneumatic is great but the Nano battery feature is really a handy one. Any examples of areas where the long neck could reach and the short neck couldn't? Off my mind I could think off is squeezing in between areas where the slightly longer shaft helps.

I think so too. Isnt a more compact design better in small area like buffing/scrubing inside a car or if you need to do extremely precise buffing. I thought i am missing something here since apparently the long neck is so much more popular.

That will definitely be useful information for all, thank you!

I am keen to get the Rupes Nano but if I have to choose between the long neck and short neck, which one would it be? I havent had chance to hands on any of it so it is really hard to visualize what kind of situation would long neck be more useful over the short neck and vice versa. Any advice?

You probably wouldnt need to use the entire rupes system but using suitable pads for long throw buffer like the LC hd orbital and Buff and shine low-pro and many others will make alot of difference. Just rotate your pads more often to prevent over saturation of products and heat accumulation...