Dust2Glory
12-16-2007, 12:29 AM
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Well I know there's not alot more that can be said about this polisher, other wise it wouldn't of started such a fire in the detailing industry! This is just another man's take on such a great machine.
Let me start you with a brief history of my machines that I have used since going professional in detailing. First off was the Cyclo... this was a great machine IMO for wax application, not enough speed for correction, and if you wanted to correct... well lets say you could do a panel in about 6 hrs!
I did own a DeWalt rotary but was too scared to pull it out of the box and use it. So I sold it... then became a part of AG, and realized the potential with a rotary.
Then came the big UDM craze. And like many others I jumped on board. Don't get me wrong, this is a great machine compared to the cyclo. Faster correction time, easy to use and pretty much fool proof. But there had to be more... I kept eying the Metabo but could never commit to the price.
Well my good buddy Wolfpacker92 one day posted this outrageous post on the Flex. I'm thinking "Flex?" And slowly but surely other flex users were coming out of the woodworks telling how great this machine was. That is was a RO with the correcting ability of a Rotary, but less chance of a screw up i.e. holograms, or burning through paint. So I kept researching and reading other reviews and they were all great. Only issue with some was the backing plate (which my flex came with the 5.5). And I can honestly say this machine is for now, everything it's cracked up to be.
With what little time I had today, I polished half of my wife's hood on her corolla. I used a orange lo pro pad, 106ff.
The two thing i love most about this machine is placement of speed control, and that with the trigger you can control speed. So I can initally set the speed to 6... but with the trigger pulled slightly I can begin to work in the polish, then add more pressure and begin to actually polish, then back off the trigger to add brilliant shine! And it definately creates enough heat to break down the polishes... i polished a small area longer then i should of and it was warm, good thing.
The only "bad" thing about the flex, is on speed 1... there is alot of vibration. Not enough to make you not like the machine, but quite noticable. I have yet to wax a vehicle with the Flex, but will post thoughts back on this thread as soon as they become available.
And for those of you who are on backorder... trust me, you will gladly wait for this, instead of settling for a udm or pc. they will be collecting dust when this comes into your garage and collection
Well I know there's not alot more that can be said about this polisher, other wise it wouldn't of started such a fire in the detailing industry! This is just another man's take on such a great machine.
Let me start you with a brief history of my machines that I have used since going professional in detailing. First off was the Cyclo... this was a great machine IMO for wax application, not enough speed for correction, and if you wanted to correct... well lets say you could do a panel in about 6 hrs!
I did own a DeWalt rotary but was too scared to pull it out of the box and use it. So I sold it... then became a part of AG, and realized the potential with a rotary.
Then came the big UDM craze. And like many others I jumped on board. Don't get me wrong, this is a great machine compared to the cyclo. Faster correction time, easy to use and pretty much fool proof. But there had to be more... I kept eying the Metabo but could never commit to the price.
Well my good buddy Wolfpacker92 one day posted this outrageous post on the Flex. I'm thinking "Flex?" And slowly but surely other flex users were coming out of the woodworks telling how great this machine was. That is was a RO with the correcting ability of a Rotary, but less chance of a screw up i.e. holograms, or burning through paint. So I kept researching and reading other reviews and they were all great. Only issue with some was the backing plate (which my flex came with the 5.5). And I can honestly say this machine is for now, everything it's cracked up to be.
With what little time I had today, I polished half of my wife's hood on her corolla. I used a orange lo pro pad, 106ff.
The two thing i love most about this machine is placement of speed control, and that with the trigger you can control speed. So I can initally set the speed to 6... but with the trigger pulled slightly I can begin to work in the polish, then add more pressure and begin to actually polish, then back off the trigger to add brilliant shine! And it definately creates enough heat to break down the polishes... i polished a small area longer then i should of and it was warm, good thing.
The only "bad" thing about the flex, is on speed 1... there is alot of vibration. Not enough to make you not like the machine, but quite noticable. I have yet to wax a vehicle with the Flex, but will post thoughts back on this thread as soon as they become available.
And for those of you who are on backorder... trust me, you will gladly wait for this, instead of settling for a udm or pc. they will be collecting dust when this comes into your garage and collection