I love my flex!!

Just bought a Flex 3403 VRG rotary from Ken @ Autowerks (911 Fanatic) and boy is it amazing! Ken hooked it up and gave a great deal and I tried the menzerna polishes on the scrap hood I got from my friend and its fantastic. I was putting scratches all over it and removing them.

My first experience: The rotary flew as I put too much pressure and it just spun all over the place! eventually with practice I was able to start controlling it and go with the rotary and not against it. Still got ways to go though.

One question: For all you flex users, what speed do you spread the polish with, what speed do you polish with etc...? I found that going anything higher than 2 is overkill since the polish gets worked in too quickly. But would love to hear about others experiences.

Thanks again Ken!

ps3

 

Nice!!! I have Makita and the Flex will be my next. let us know how it goes.

 

Usually feather it around to spread it and then crank it up to 3 or so. May want to mist your pad if its drying out on you.

 

did I have something to do with this?

 

you did indeed sir. A rotary is not as bad as people may make it out to be and im glad I came over to that meet n Greet in Toronto

I'm also going to be buying the highline Gen II PTG again, thanks to you.

-Waseem

 

I spread at 1 (1100rpm) and do most of my polishing at 1 to 1.5. I like to take my time and by keeping the speed a bit lower the paint doesn't heat up too much which in turn extends the play time of the polish because its not drying out so fast. Having said that I have had my Flex up around 2500 on a few occasions.

 

Like you even know what you are doing Ken

 

Shhhhhhh! I've got everyone else fooled!

 

If your using something like PO85rd or 106FA you can just add a little more product to the panel (not the pad itself) and re-spread it to continue polishing. The carrier oils in either of the products is enough to keep you polishing smooth for a long time not to mention keep the heat down.

With my little flex I like to correct around speed 3, thats plenty of speed and torque to correct nicely. If needed 2100rpm+ is fine too just keep a firm grasp on things or your buying someone a new door panel :duh:

 

Really, really want one of these. One day!

 

What would you need the rpms to be up that high for?

 

i usually go that high for the first step after color sanding.

 

I think I just suck with the rotary because during the Open Shop day the flex was trying the jump out of my hands the entire time I was working the panel on that cavalier.

 

no man the paint was just super sticky, it was doing that for me to...nothing like that when I polished the Z06

 

I have found a bit of a secret weapon for sticky paint and even just increasing working times of polishes to be Gloss It EVP Pad Prime - Gloss It EVP Pad Prime | Gloss It Car Care & Detailing Products

The difference is night and day.

 

If your polosh is 'flashing off' too quickly try-

Gloss It EVP Pad Prime

Is high-grade lubricating oil that greatly extends machine polishing times and enables polishes to break down properly, even on the softest of paints. It helps to extend pad life and reduce the amount of polish used, and therefore pays for itself in the long run. Works exceptionally well in hot and humid conditions, where it prevents polishes from flashing off too quickly, and is also useful in cold and damp conditions, where it prevents temperature-sensitive polishes like Menzerna RD3.02 from clumping up and becoming unusable.

Designed to be used sparingly; only a single drop is required per panel to be polished; for best results, add the drop to the centre of the pad and then place the pad on to the panel to be polished and run your machine for a few seconds at low speed to spread the oil evenly over the face of the pad.

 

Would mineral oil also help with sticky paint?

 

I spread at slow speeds, ramp to around 1900, then 1200. it changes a little on each detailing depending on the weather and paint

 

Hit 'em with da FLEX...

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