flex 3401 for tight panels ?'s

[Toolhead]

can you use part of the pad on an angle for tight areas..ie like pillars...

or the side of the pad for even tighter areas.. just adding product to the sides and leaning / tilting the flex into tight areas..

??

im sure it take a bit of practice to do right.. thought i saw MP do that in one the the training class photos..

???

i have the 4 3/8 backing plate with 5.5" hydro tech thin profile pads..

backing plate/ pad question.. if i buy the 4" LC backing plate.how small of a pad can i use.. 4"? or 4.5"?

[Audios S6]

You can, thought it will want to walk on you, it's not the most efficient and it's going to chew up the pads a bit. Do you have another machine, you can outfit a griots 6" DA with a 3" backing plate and use that for smaller areas.

[Kamakaz1961]

Yes you can with the proper technique once you get the hang of it. You can use the edge of the pads to work on the A pillars. Practice makes perfect. Once you conquer the walking and pulling from the Flex 3401...you can probably do most things with ease.

[Toolhead]

Tks guys..

Thats what i figured..practice lets you maneuver the tool as required..like a gas trimmer...

Pad question..i have the hydrotech low profile pads...
As i been researching pad sizes for the flex..im reading thicker is better .any issues with using the 5.5" hydrotech pads ...or...okay to use...just use these they will get the jib done?

(Use the hydrotech/thin pads for now and just buy the thicker LC pads when i need to replace pads?)

[Toolhead]

Btw..im new to the DAs ..just got my flex kit..so excuse the new to the DA flex basic questions...

[Toolhead]

You can, thought it will want to walk on you, it's not the most efficient and it's going to chew up the pads a bit. Do you have another machine, you can outfit a griots 6" DA with a 3" backing plate and use that for smaller areas.

Tks..no other polishers..just got my flex 3401 today...
Any suggestions on a 3" pad option da? Buy the griots with adapters?

[dcjredline]

I just bought and used a GG3 today for the first time. I had previously just converted my GG6 with a 3" pad. Even with the 3" pad there are places I couldnt get the GG6. Using the GG3 is a WHOLE NEW BALL GAME now. I moved up from the 6 to a FLEX 3401 and had no use for the 6 but it doesnt do the job a true 3" polisher does. Worth the $104 for sure.

[Ceerokz]

Try them with the fat pads.. LC force pads

[TMQ]

Using a flex on a rear end of a corvette. I asked Mike regarding getting inside of those tail lights. Mike got down on floor and demonstrated how to get inside those tail lights manipulating
the flex up/down/sideways etc. He really worked that flex inside the "small area!" I was sooo impressed almost bought a Flex!!!

http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...17_Feb_086.JPG

[Mike Phillips]

See the picture in post #2

https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...-phillips.html

Note what I said in that thread about "dancing".