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    Thumbs down Disappointed with Flex Tools

    I´m really disappointed with the quality of flex tools

    in one year and 8 months

    my flex 3401vrg went off sometimes one of the main wires where almost broken

    i need to replace the original backplate because the velcro doesn´t work after a year

    i bought a 4 3/8 original flex backplate

    and now almost 8 months look how is my 4 3/8


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    Whoa I've never had issues with my Flex. What pads did you use??

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    Re: Disappointed with Flex Tools

    that looks like it melted from the pad transfering heat, do you do lots of hard compounding?

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    Re: Disappointed with Flex Tools

    Looks like you have a bad one.

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    Re: Disappointed with Flex Tools

    Looks like classic symptom of overheating the pad/BP, causing adhesive failure


    How often are you changing pads while compounding?


    Sometimes this can be caused by using too much polish, which can increase the transfer of heat from the paint to the pad to the BP

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    Re: Disappointed with Flex Tools

    three pads for do all the compound process

    lake country and sonax


    now i´m going to try to glue some velcro that i found here in my city
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    Re: Disappointed with Flex Tools

    Quote Originally Posted by weeecho View Post
    three pads for do all the compound process

    lake country and sonax


    now i´m going to try to glue some velcro that i found here in my city
    Three pads, may not be enough, depending on the amount of downward pressure & machine speed you are using. I use 5-6 during compounding.

    Make sure you clean the foam on the BP of any polishing oils that may prevent the glue from adhering


    Good Luck


    Looking forward to the "After" pictures and hearing how the repaired BP performs

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    Re: Disappointed with Flex Tools

    the first try will be with glue, if doesn´t work with staples lol


    i´m in the middle of this vw truck

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    Re: Disappointed with Flex Tools

    That's nuts!! I've never seen that with any of my 4 buffers, 2 of which are Flex. My bet is you got a defective unit.
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    Re: Disappointed with Flex Tools

    Cool truck, I have never had an issue.

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