Thanks Todd! As it turns out there`s no rush. Sale says "No Exclusions" but Rupes polishers are not included. Sure is a different definition of "No Exclusions" than in my dictionary.
Thanks Todd! As it turns out there`s no rush. Sale says "No Exclusions" but Rupes polishers are not included. Sure is a different definition of "No Exclusions" than in my dictionary.
Todd, did you use the 7/8" Cyan pad with the Duestto and GG6"?
Let me expand on that answer a little more...
Imagine a pad that is 6 inches tall. Let`s attach your hand to it, by velcro. Now press down firm enough to compress the foam slightly and really work it against the paint.
Now, doing your best Karate Kid 1/ Mr. Myagi, move your hand in a tiny, 1 mm, circle. All of the motion will be absorbed in the height of the foam and the pad will not move against the paint.
Instead of doing tiny 1 inch circles, move your hand in the biggest circle your arm will allow. If you have a 2 foot long arm, this would be a 4 foot orbit. The pad, while it might drag slightly in the first few increase, will move along the paint at the same speed as your arm.
As orbit size increases, pad height becomes less critical as the orbit size takes up the slack created by the extra material.
So with something that has a 12mm throw, I don`t know if you would see much benefit to using a thinner pad. With the full sized Rupes (15 and 21) I much prefer the cushioning provided by the thicker Rupes` pads.
If you do the above test, may I make one suggestion on methodology? It would be better if the hood/panel used for testing was damaged consistently across all four quadrants. For example, you could start with a defect free panel, then damage it "evenly" across the entire panel - maybe using 1500 or 2000 grit sandpaper. In some respects, it would be a PITA, but in other respects, you could make a perfect test matrix out of just about any panel you had laying around.
In the Rupes v GG test, if one of the quadrants had more damage than the other three, it would put the device used for that quadrant at a disadvantage.
Just a thought - appreciate that you were nice enough to even do this comparison in the first place.
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