05-25-2012, 03:20 PM | #23 | |||
Seymour J. Vrumpkin
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After doing enough cars with it I ditched my flex in favor of both the Meguiars G110 V2 and Griots DA, both are lightyears ahead of the Porter Cable, the Megs is butter smooth and quiet but the Griots does have more power. The Flex 3401 is an extremely high quality machine, all Flex machines are I have had my 3403 rotary for almost 3 years now. Problem with the 3401 is its 5.5" fixed backing plate which is horrible for polishing anything other than an SUV if you cant change the size of the pad. The need for smaller pads and backing plates is huge! You could buy the 4" pad adapter for the Flex but I believe is $50 and not a quick change like the Griots or Megs... mind you thats paying another $50 for a smaller backing plate on a $330 machine... the Griots and other DA's are about $129 and can accept any size backing plate without the need for an adapter. As for use, the Flex is almost too powerful for its own good and the forced rotation actually gets in the way of smooth polishing, the Flex has a tendency to pull you around (some paints way more than others) but either way you need 2 hands firmly on with solid pressure, it doesnt glide unless you make it. The true DA machines, especially Griots can be operated with a much lighter grip and if you push the machine on the paint it will glide smoothy, no grabby behavior. Either use a real rotary or use a real DA, the Flex falls in the middle and gets left behind Quote:
If your car never gets bad than M205 should really be all you need just change the pad depdning on what type of job your doing on the car... ie removing fine wash swirls hit it with a green or orange pad or just doing a gentle polish with no swirls use a black pad 85rd still is one of the finest finishing polishes ever made so always keep it in the garage.. -Dave |
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05-26-2012, 06:19 AM | #24 |
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I use Dawn dish soap to strip the old product from my car every spring.
Car gets washed Friday night and goes into the garage not to emerge until monday morning. In the garage the car gets claybar'ed, then has the 1st BFWD coat applied. I wait for about 1 hour then remove the coat and let sit for the night. Apply two more coats on saturday morning then sunday morning. Sunday night I them throw on a coat or two of mothers wax. This is the 1st spring cleaning. Then once a month I re-apply a coat of BFWD and wax. All by hand, good for your arm muscles ;-) |
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