Flex 3401 with M86 Solo, Rejex and the new Meguiar's Microfiber Pads

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Flex 3401 with M86 Solo, Rejex and the new Meguiar's Microfiber Pads


Had some product testing to do today with the Meguiar's Microfiber DA Correction System and the Flex 3401 and while I was at it I wanted to try out the Solo M86 with the Flex 3401 and the Solo Diamond pads.

My demo car is the 2003 Honda Civic LX we used for the Optimum Polish video back in May of this year. Since then the Honda has been parked out side 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and while the finish still looks great it was ready for a fresh coat of wax.

Show Car Garage Video: Optimum Hyper Polish


Back in 2006, I was given some microfiber pads to test out and I remember using them with M86 and a DA Polisher with phenomenal results. So while M86 is only recommended for use with a rotary buffer since it worked well with the Microfiber pads and a Porter Cable DA Polisher, I wanted to test it out with the new Microfiber Pads on the Flex 3401 and also the foam Solo Pads.

After polishing out the car with the M86 with the Solo yellow Diamond Cut Foam pad I followed this with Rejex and the Solo black Diamond Cut Foam pad.

The Solo pads worked well on the Flex 3401 as did the M86 and the Rejex. The new DA Microfiber pads and Compound and Polish wax created excellent results but there's definitely a different feel to buffing with microfiber pads on the Flex 3401 versus buffing with thicker, traditional foam pads.


Here's some pictures...


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I turned the car back over to the owner and it's time to shut down Autogeek's Show Car Garage...


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I look forward to the microfiber pads from Meg I would like to see how they differ from Surbuf. Thanks for the reviews Mike
 
No good before or after shots? Sorry but we can't even tell if anything was corrected in these pictures. As far as we know the paint is in the same condition as it was when the car was pulled into the garage.
 
Dubbin1 said:
No good before or after shots? Sorry but we can't even tell if anything was corrected in these pictures. As far as we know the paint is in the same condition as it was when the car was pulled into the garage.
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Not sure what to tell you dubbin...

This isn't a write-up or a before and after, this was just about testing product, pads and procedures today...

This is one of the best parts about my job is getting to test out different products, pads and tools...


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OK so why share pictures with us when we can't see the results of the review...

Plenty of us get to test different products, pads and tools but we like to add quality pictures to show results.
 
Dubbin1 said:
OK so why share pictures with us when we can't see the results of the review...
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Are there rules about this? How about just for the fun of it? :props:


Dubbin1 said:
Plenty of us get to test different products, pads and tools but we like to add quality pictures to show results.
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It's kind of fun huh? And I agree, quality pictures are important... I have a few pictures uploaded to this forum gallery, a few more to the MOL forum gallery, lots on my own SCG forum gallery... in fact I have a few articles on working with pictures and the value of pictures on a forum...


Let me check your posting history real quick... reading through a person's posting history is a good way to see the quality pictures they've posted to show their results... plus there's a few other things you can check...


Suffice to say... the owner was happy! There car is all clean and shiny again!


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Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Are there rules about this? How about just for the fun of it? :props:
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Nope no rules but whats the point in reviewing a polishing procedure if you cant back it up with "quality" before and after pictures.




Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
I have a few pictures uploaded to this forum gallery, a few more to the MOL forum gallery, lots on my own SCG forum gallery... in fact I have a few articles on working with pictures and the value of pictures on a forum...
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I'll leave that one alone...


Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Let me check your posting history real quick... reading through a person's posting history is a good way to see the quality pictures they've posted to show their results... plus there's a few other things you can check...
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Be sure you use the shorter way that I mentioned in you're thread :laughing:


Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Suffice to say... the owner was happy! There car is all clean and shiny again!
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Looked clean and shiny in the before picture, get my point now...
 
Thanks for the review of these new products Mike. Always good to hear your opinion and thoughts.

Please don't let the naysayers ever cause you to stop sharing so much so freely with those of us who appreciate all that you do for the detailing community! :xyxthumbs:
 
Joe in PA said:
Please don't let the naysayers ever cause you to stop sharing so much so freely with those of us who appreciate all that you do for the detailing community! :xyxthumbs:
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Its called constructive criticism Joe... Sad thing is that some people don't take it very well and just jump into a defensive mode.
 
I'm with Dwayne. I'm not saying you didn't correct this car, but for as much as you harp on how important before and after pictures are I'm amazed that there are none in this thread. I don't think it's an insult, just an interesting observation.

Joe in PA said:
Thanks for the review of these new products Mike. Always good to hear your opinion and thoughts.

Please don't let the naysayers ever cause you to stop sharing so much so freely with those of us who appreciate all that you do for the detailing community!
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Pointing out an observation about something that doesn't fit a persons "posting history" isn't being a naysayer.
 
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
I never said the finish looked bad, just need a fresh coat after about 6 months of constant exposure to Florida weather...
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How can you judge how well the test went if all the car needed was a fresh coat of wax? Now I'm really confused as to the point of this thread.
 
twistedframe said:
I'm with Dewayne. I'm not saying you didn't correct this car, but for as much as you harp on how important before and after pictures are I'm amazed that there are none in this thread. I don't think it's an insult, just an interesting observation.


Pointing out an observation about something that doesn't fit a persons "posting history" isn't being a naysayer.
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Again, the fact that the paint was still in great shape is just a testimony to Optimum products...


I think if anyone reads through my posting history on any forum you'll see I'm pretty good at documenting before and after results with pictures... that doesn't mean I have to do it every time, this was a Saturday and I had a lot of products to test, can't post pictures of everything...

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Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Again, the fact that the paint was still in great shape is just a testimony to Optimum products...


I think if anyone reads through my posting history on any forum you'll see I'm pretty good at documenting before and after results with pictures... that doesn't mean I have to do it every time, this was a Saturday and I had a lot of product to test, can't post pictures of everything...

:props:
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Thats all well and good, but I think it might be a disservice to the community to post a "review" without any pictures. :Picture: Corey takes the time to post a detailed review no matter what is it (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/product-reviews/30662-review-meguiars-ultimate-wash-wax.html this is OTC car wash :cool pics:). I get if you are busy and I'm sure you are, but maybe a review should have been held off until it could have been done in more detail. Thats all I'm saying
 
And Mike, a lot of us truly appreciate your reviews regardless of the length or brevity. You can't please all the people all the time, however I do believe that the majority of folks on the various detailing forums are more than happy with your past postings and look forward to those to come. :dblthumb2:
 
Joe in PA said:
And Mike, a lot of us truly appreciate your reviews regardless of the length or brevity. You can't please all the people all the time, however I do believe that the majority of folks on the various detailing forums are more than happy with your past postings and look forward to those to come. :dblthumb2:
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As usual you're totally missing the point. I appreciate Mikes past work in the industry and on forums just as much as the next guy. All I and some others were questioning is why there were not any pictures showing the performance of the products in question. Nothing wrong with that, therefore you can stop trying to defend him.
 
Joe in PA said:
And Mike, a lot of us truly appreciate your reviews regardless of the length or brevity. You can't please all the people all the time, however I do believe that the majority of folks on the various detailing forums are more than happy with your past postings and look forward to those to come.
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You're missing the whole point about any of the questions asked in this thread. I'm not here to blow smoke up Mike's behind like lots of others, I'm here to help and learn.

Right now I'm trying to learn what the point of this thread is. He polished a car that didn't need polished, and gives us a review on the products and tools used on that car. I'm not understanding what we are getting out of that.
 
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