Hey Geeks

[CarolinasFinestDetailing]

Glad everything is going great Kevin!!!

Forgot to hit you up when I was in Lafayette for Christmas visiting my family.

The mod is mainly needed on the 21.

I have a 21 throw machine, Flex 3401, & GG6 tool for larger pads. I mainly pull out the Flex for heavy cutting. I use the 21 for everything else. The poor GG6 sits and gets used here and there with a brush attachment.

[HateSwirls]

Great clarification Mike.

To the OP - good call on the 15, it remains my favorite tool and the one I reach for most often myself and as you can imagine we have quite the selection here at RUPES USA

To the washer mod, its something that does increase pad rotation by over-riding the built in anti-spin shroud. Is it recommended by us? No. Is it going to cause us to disown you? Nope. Kevin Brown did a lot of research and does great things for the industry, his washer mod is an option, plain and simple, that can or cannot be done to the end users preference.

I will say that with the 15 the pad stall "issue" is far less pronounced, its the larger stroke and pad size that causes the 21 to occasionally stall rotation in deeper curves.

With the release of the Mark II tools last month its virtually a non issue, but I would ultimately recommend you explore the options yourself. Try the tool without any changes - I suspect with a 15 you won't see the need for a washer mod, but if you do its a fast/easy change to make.

Thanks for clarifying Dylan.
I'll not mod my new Rupes 15, I'll give it a go.
I guess it's best to leave the well engineered unit as is.

[HateSwirls]

Thanks for the nice words and input guys.

I plan on getting the Rupes 21 later for when I work on the large RV'S, all flat panels.