IBrid- Cool factor of 10

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Whitewater25

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Spent some time using my new Ibrid the last few days. Portable,powerful,lightweight & cordless,oh yeah,it kicks butt as well. Only used the rotary function with 1" pads so far but it is a real pleasure to use. Looking for more uses for it already. Very cool tool!!
 
I used mine with the 3mm throw. Even on speed 5 I had stalling issues. I think I just haft to practice my technique using it. I think once I get it down it will be much more of a pleasure to use.
 
I haven't tried the 3 mm yet. A lot of people seem to be having stalling problems with that. The 12 mm works good. Great little machine.
 
Awesome tool besides the polishing aspects love the interior attachments.
 
I have no problem correcting and polishing paint with it
 
DaveT435 said:
I haven't tried the 3 mm yet. A lot of people seem to be having stalling problems with that. The 12 mm works good. Great little machine.
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Agree. My frustrations started with the 3mm throw. The 12mm works well but the trick is very very light pressure. Slinging product is still a problem.
 
I have had awesome results with paint correction using the 12mm and rotary. I absolutely love mine and think it is well worth the money.
 
After reading you guys post about the 12mm I switched to to 12mm. Wow what a difference. It makes me wonder why did Rupes bother to put a 3mm throw in the kit. The 12mm make the 3mm seem useless.
 
pdqgp said:
Agree. My frustrations started with the 3mm throw. The 12mm works well but the trick is very very light pressure. Slinging product is still a problem.
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Do you just have problems with slinging with the blue pad? To first time I used it I primed the blue pad the way I prime my pads on the bigger machines. Good lord I think it was worse than the ONE time I pulled a DA off the paint while still spinning. lol Lessons you usually learn after the first time. The yellow pad and gel are great.
 
I could be wrong here, but the 3mm attachment seems best suited for using the included sanding paper. 12mm throw isn't friendly to such a small piece of paper.
 
DaveT435 said:
Do you just have problems with slinging with the blue pad? To first time I used it I primed the blue pad the way I prime my pads on the bigger machines. Good lord I think it was worse than the ONE time I pulled a DA off the paint while still spinning. lol Lessons you usually learn after the first time. The yellow pad and gel are great.
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Pretty much. I have moved to using their gels that came with the machine and have had good results.

My favorite use so far has been on our van and just this morning on my car, where I can spot-correct marks, scratches, etc. I found a couple more on the doors of our van where the wife or kids must have rubbed it with a purse or bag, etc. Took 5-10 mins to fix several spots.

  • Waterless washed / prepped the spots
  • Pulled out the iBrid Nano with the 12mm larger pad mounted
  • Polished the spots quickly
  • Re-coated with McKee's 37 Coating
  • Viola!
 
I have used mine for bunch of things and had no complaints.

Most recently have been using it with 1" rotary as a sander.

Using 400 grit paper to sand off aluminum alloy that was improperly sand blasted.

Surface was very rough and because it was a rim it had tight spots.

Perfect application for the Nano iBrid.

Only complaint was got hot after 10 minute continuos use on speed 2.

The 1" sanding disc don't last very long, so no big deal, as had to change pads often so got a chance to cool a bit.

They also work good for compounding/polishing same rims after painting as can get in all the spots.
 
It will sling until you figure out how much,or how little product you need to prevent it. I start on the slowest speed for a few seconds then bump it up a little. It is so easy to do with the dial where it is.
 
Whitewater25 said:
It will sling until you figure out how much,or how little product you need to prevent it. I start on the slowest speed for a few seconds then bump it up a little. It is so easy to do with the dial where it is.
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Right...just a small learning curve.
 
ncmizzou01 said:
I could be wrong here, but the 3mm attachment seems best suited for using the included sanding paper. 12mm throw isn't friendly to such a small piece of paper.
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Bingo. The 3mm attachment is designed primarily for sanding purposes (with the PSA plate and P2000/P3000 daisy discs). I've also used it with the brushes for slightly less aggressive cleaning where the rotary was too much but a small amount of agitation would help - around window controls and various knobs for example.
 
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