Holy Batman Utility Belt- NEW from Rupes

I'd like to see it in action. Meaning seeing someone detailng and wearing this to see what uses they could get out of it.
 
Many of us make a great effort to cover up belt buckles with our shirts, or remove the belts, keep buttons away from paint while working, as well as making every effort to keep the cords of our tools away from the paint while working with machines, that I'm really surprised to see such a tool offered at AG.

Oh sure, I like it and it looks cool, but the reality is its not something I want on me when detailing on a car/truck/suv and especially a show car. Things on my person that can scratch paint are a big no-no.

However, this would be a nice thing to have when detailing a boat that's on a trailor. I can see it being very useful in that regard. Just my opinion.
 
Just took a look a the belt. If a guy/gal wore a detailing apron over top of that it might be pretty useful. Might not look too cool, but hey...
 
Wow can you say marring the paint when leaning over to buff out a hood!
 
At SEMA in 2013, Francesco Ginocchio from Rupes gave me one of the prototypes they brought to showcase at SEMA.

This thread,

Rupes LHR75E Mini


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In post #19 I wrote this,

Mike Phillips said:
I consider it a real honor to be given this Rupes Utility Belt, makes me think of Batman for some reason...

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I still have it today along with the Rupes Duetto and Mini Prototypes and the Rupes Swirl Find Pen Light, also a prototype.

You can see this same Rupes Detail Belt around my director's chair in the class graduation pictures from the last Detailing Boot Camp Class I posted to the forum yesterday.

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Later in the above SEMA thread, dpscoupe posted this picture....


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dpscoupe[/B]]

I suck at PhotoShop, but...........

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Now that's funny...


:laughing:
 
Wes Bremec said:
Wow can you say marring the paint when leaning over to buff out a hood!
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Couple of options...

1: Buff out the hood before buffing out the sides and of course be careful. I cover this approach in my new Flex 3401 book.


2: Wear a soft cotton T-shirt, with or without your company logo on it, and don't tuck it in. Let it drape in front of the utility belt. I almost always wear a simple soft cotton t-shirt when I buff out a car with it NOT tucked in so the soft cotton covers my belt loops and such as I tend to buff out a lot of cars with LARGE hoods so I know of this issue.


3: A person might be able to spin it around for any times you'll be leaning on, against or over a body panel. That is, spin it so the pockets/pouches are at your back, not at your front.

When you're finished buffing out these large flat panels that force you to have to lean on a fender and such, spin it back around so it's in front of you.





I have a 2010 black Tahoe to buff out, I'll see if this last technique works and try to find someone to take pictures while I'm buffing out the car.



:)
 
Hoytman said:
Many of us make a great effort to cover up belt buckles with our shirts, or remove the belts, keep buttons away from paint while working, as well as making every effort to keep the cords of our tools away from the paint while working with machines, that I'm really surprised to see such a tool offered at AG.

Oh sure, I like it and it looks cool, but the reality is its not something I want on me when detailing on a car/truck/suv and especially a show car. Things on my person that can scratch paint are a big no-no.

However, this would be a nice thing to have when detailing a boat that's on a trailor. I can see it being very useful in that regard. Just my opinion.
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+1
 
It would definitely get in my way!
 
^ When I saw the picture the first time Mike, I started laughing. Then I thought to myself, "uhoh... hope he doesn't get in trouble for posting that picture and hope Mike doesn't get mad for it."

Glad to see that you find it humorous as I'm sure that a lot of us did.
 
You guys need to wise up..."The Rupes Big Foot Detailing Belt represents another ingenious idea from Rupes."

I suspect if the following statement is true...you are doing something wrong in your process: "eliminates one of the most time-consuming aspects of detailing – searching for the pad or bottle of polish that you carelessly left on the ground or work bench."

Glad to see that the final version does NOT have pouches for 3 different polishes and has instead substituted one for a drink spiller:

 
Here's where I think this utility bell would really come in hand and that's for anyone doing....


Express Details


Express Detailers are f-a-s-t details where a person is basically taking a just-washed-car, often times at a car wash business and about as fast as they can, they,

  • Apply an express spray wax to the paint.
  • Apply a tire dressing to the tires.
  • Clean the glass from any residual water spots from the wash with a glass cleaner.
Most of the time these guys have mobile carts that hold all the pertinent products for slop & glop detailing but I think this utility belt with spray bottles that fit the pockets would work really well for this type of high speed, production work.



:)
 
Hoytman said:
Many of us make a great effort to cover up belt buckles with our shirts, or remove the belts, keep buttons away from paint while working, as well as making every effort to keep the cords of our tools away from the paint while working with machines, that I'm really surprised to see such a tool offered at AG.

Oh sure, I like it and it looks cool, but the reality is its not something I want on me when detailing on a car/truck/suv and especially a show car. Things on my person that can scratch paint are a big no-no.

However, this would be a nice thing to have when detailing a boat that's on a trailor. I can see it being very useful in that regard. Just my opinion.
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:iagree:100% I wouldn't want that thing clunking around a vehicle I was detailing it. Just my humble opinion.
 
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