Advise for flex noob
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lol... yeah, I'm usually not a guy that cheaps out on stuff, I rather buy something more pricy but good quality.. (IF i have the funds..heh).
Now I was looking at the offical FLEX site..and I am a little confused who acutally is authorized by that company to sell in the States...
Autogeek sells but they are not even listed anywhere on the official site. I was looking at AMZN.. but all those sellers seem to be unreliable they have, and AMZN itself don't sell it.
L8ter!
~~SD~~
we all buy differently...im focused on AD channels for certain things...ie...weathertech liners..went direct to oem...
i bought flex with confidence from AG...
id highly recomment the longer cord option...
**** if/when you buy flex....the backing pad bolt (on mine) ships loose*****
thankfully preuse..i followed mikes tip on lubing the felt..so i removed the backing plate and then noticed the bolt was shipped non tightened....
****tighten the baxking plate nut prior to using***
i bought it with the flex 4 3/8" plate option and use 5.5 inch pads
if you use powertools ...u will easily handle the flex..
lot of posts about the flex pulling during usage which made me wary.....if you usw 8/10amp corded powertools ...itll be just another dewalt or bosch in the lineup to grip
i bought flex with confidence from AG...
id highly recomment the longer cord option...
**** if/when you buy flex....the backing pad bolt (on mine) ships loose*****
thankfully preuse..i followed mikes tip on lubing the felt..so i removed the backing plate and then noticed the bolt was shipped non tightened....
****tighten the baxking plate nut prior to using***
i bought it with the flex 4 3/8" plate option and use 5.5 inch pads
if you use powertools ...u will easily handle the flex..
lot of posts about the flex pulling during usage which made me wary.....if you usw 8/10amp corded powertools ...itll be just another dewalt or bosch in the lineup to grip
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Do you guys know that feeling... you wash your car and stuff and all of a sudden you notice some scratches on the paint and wonder how the hell they get there...
Happened to me this morning... fortunately, and to my surprise I had some light sonax polish on hand.. and got those scratches out/covered pretty good manually...wish I had a flex
or such right now....lol.
Happened to me this morning... fortunately, and to my surprise I had some light sonax polish on hand.. and got those scratches out/covered pretty good manually...wish I had a flex
or such right now....lol.
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happens all the time man...
most of the times i can figure out where they came from
so for those light scratches..IF i had a flex or other DA... what pad and polish would work best? some polish with low cut or do i have to go more agressive...same with pads...
i buffed it out ok, but still not super happy how it looks..i want them gone again.
i use flex with hybrid force pads with wg system.so for those light scratches..IF i had a flex or other DA... what pad and polish would work best? some polish with low cut or do i have to go more agressive...same with pads...
i buffed it out ok, but still not super happy how it looks..i want them gone again.
for the older cars /hard paint i start with
orange pad
wg ucompound
for the newer car i start with
orange pad
wg tsr
i always finish with white pad and wg fg
the different pad types vary on color coding vs cut level even within same oem...so if /when you buy pads make sure you ask the AG rep about cut levels for that specific pad model..
ie...the orange pad in the thin pad offering by LC is the light cut
the LC hybrid force pad the orange pad is medium cut.
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so for light SCRATCHES on new paint... u would recommend LC hybrid orange pad?
The scratches are just by the trunk space where u lift stuff over...top of the rear bumper..don't know what it's called......guess I did it to myself...don't think was by 'external' doing... nonetheless irritating..
The scratches are just by the trunk space where u lift stuff over...top of the rear bumper..don't know what it's called......guess I did it to myself...don't think was by 'external' doing... nonetheless irritating..
On a repainted area I would start with a polishing pad and a finishing polish or polish. Just to start with the least aggressive on a paint I don't know the hardness of the clearcoat. The same as the first polishing you do your test spot on. Then it's hard to see how deep the scratches really are. So it's much of trying and see what the paint tells you. And a spot polishing you can be lesser aggressive on and do the spot multible times till you see you have got the scratches off. Spot polishing and polishing the whole car is a little different. Then have in mind that you will most certainly have to polish the oem paint different than the repainted parts. As you can have 2 different kind of hardness of the clearcoat to deal with. So it's hard to say what that will work or not. Just that test polishing your way forwards to see how the paint reacts and tells you.
also may not want to chase a scratch that shouldnt be fully polished out and break through the clearcoat
if tou keep your cars for a long time..10/15 yrs...may wana stay conservative somewhat with your polishing (saing your clearcoat) for future polishing....
if tou keep your cars for a long time..10/15 yrs...may wana stay conservative somewhat with your polishing (saing your clearcoat) for future polishing....
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i know what you mean....lol....if it won't buff out fairly easy..i will leave it like it is i guess for a while...
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ok, thanks for the hint! I read about it being loose somewhere (review or something)..
I am not a power tools user at all...but i am a quick learning; i guess.
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Anybody can recommend a 'foam gun' that's run by waterpressure only? I see a lot of different opinions... the water pressure in my house is very good.
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how about a smaller backing plate like 4 inch or so??
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any of these foam guns will work with the standard garden hose...
Foam Wash Gun
foam gun - use with garden hose
foam cannon/lance - use with pressure washer
on top of the great suggestion from Dr Oldz, i would also suggest picking up the GG 3" HD DA backing plate which will allow you to use smaller 3.5"- 4" pads...
Griots Garage 3 inch HD Backing Plate
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I am also a huge fan of the griots gg6. Plenty of power, easy to handle, inexpensive, lifetime warranty.
Bill
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I was planning on the Flex but I think will start instead with the GG6 for now til I get a feeling for those DAs, and also since they have those smaller backing plates.
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I know where I can find the foam guns on the website ...thanks anyway... was just wondering which one acutally works well..hmm./I guess they are all the same construction here..well as long as they acutally do the job I am happy.