Short Video: Polishing Nissan GTR

rydawg said:
I love the kompressor white pad the most. It's so versatile and is capable of doing many steps with different polishes and compounds.
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Exactly my observations as well. I had thought upon first glance that repeated use would destroy the pad but it's turned out to be very durable far surpassing my initial thoughts.



It has worked well with everything from 3M, Megiuars, Optimum and Menzerna...from compounds to finishing polishes.



Anthony
 
rydawg said:
Great post and video Anthony!



I melted my gears in my Metabo. Did you know that the 5 year warranty is only good for defective parts and not wear and tear on parts. I do miss the Metabo though and will order the parts to fix it myself.



How long have you had your Flex rotary for? I was thing of getting one, but was unsure if it would handle the heavy duty work load of severe paint correction.
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I also loved and really miss my Metabo....it just "felt" right, like you could buff with it all day long and have no fatigue. Please let me know where you get your parts from as I would love to get it working again.



I had no idea about the warranty....maybe I should read those things!!



I have had my flex now for about 7-8 months and I would say that within the last 3 months it has gotten daily use for long buffing sessions and performed very well. I haven't noticed any heat issues nor is it loud to me.



Velcro is very strong, it's well balanced and so far the only buffer that comes close to my old Metabo for feel and workability. My DeWalt no feels like a large rock...and I use to use that all the time.



The one thing I do notice though on the Flex is that it has a "pulse" action to it...in other words you can feel as you hold it a pulsing sensation. Ron complained of it while using it the first time but it doesn't seem to bother him now.



Thanks for the kind words, glad you liked it.



Anthony
 
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Here is another option or method of attack that can be tried on this type of paint.....for myself and any others.



Instead of heat it may be that this paint needs to be cut or polished cold. I am told that this paint is like working with parrafin wax in that it must be cut or worked with when cold if not its consistency is too fluid. So perhaps this "self healing" paint must be treated with the same mindset. I believe I was right in my initial theory that a gentle approach is best but now perhaps along with that gentle approach we need to now add cold instead of heat so that the paint can actually be leveled out.



How can this be done though when the purpose of using a buffer is to generate heat?



Well one idea may be to spritz the panel down with ice cold water prior to, during and after the buffing process.



Anyone care to add an idea?



Anyone doing a GTR in the near future who cares to test this theory out?



I would appreciate any feedback and I'll share mine as I gather it.



Anthony
 
Anthony Orosco said:
I have had my flex now for about 7-8 months and I would say that within the last 3 months it has gotten daily use for long buffing sessions and performed very well. I haven't noticed any heat issues nor is it loud to me.
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Anthony, At one time I had 2 of the flex 3403s. I too love the light weight of the machine. After approx 4 months of use, each one required a new switch. At the most I polished 3 days a week.



When both where repaired, the shop said the switch looked like it got hot, but the rest of the internals where fine. Both times they where replaced without question under warranty. For reference the switch is a $20 part.



I sold one of the 3403s to buy a Mikita and of course it holds up fine.
 
Thanks for the info gmblack. I would hope my Flex polishers can hold up to the daily grind because they aren't cheap.



We have about 7 different buffers in the shop right now. A Dewalt needs a new cord plus bushes, a Makita that has a bad bearing and my Metabo needs some parts. Too bad the parts didn't match up that way we could use one buffer as a parts donor which is why I am trying to stick with one type of buffer now.



Anthony
 
Great write up and video too Anthony, I have to play with my new set of LC pads too this weekend...........:2thumbs:
 
zoomzoom mazda5 said:
Great write up and video too Anthony, I have to play with my new set of LC pads too this weekend...........:2thumbs:
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Thank you good sir. :)



Please let me know your thoughts on your experience with the pads.



Anthony
 
anthony-if in fact this self healing paint might level better cold vs in a heat generated pass, wouldn't PFW allow good cutting action with less heat than foam?



disclosure-I am just a pee-on PC user with about 1 year experience in this stuff.
 
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