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Re: Rupes Polisher Time Lapse Video - 1955 Ford Crown Victoria
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Re: Rupes Polisher Time Lapse Video - 1955 Ford Crown Victoria
Hey Mike, great job but i have a quick question.. How big of a section were u covering with the 15 and getting good correction, it's a little hard to tell with the time lapse. I'm considering a Rupes 15, but was curious about how much more efficient and powerful this DA is than my PC and its 2ft x 2ft section passes. Also am considering a flex! I am looking for a little more powerful machine to possibly speed up my correction process....
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Re: Rupes Polisher Time Lapse Video - 1955 Ford Crown Victoria
Well Mike, as always great job. I think i will be looking into either thr Rupes or Flex after watching this video and I'm really leaning toward the Rupes. Any pads you prefer over other that work well with the Rupes?
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Re: Rupes Polisher Time Lapse Video - 1955 Ford Crown Victoria
Originally Posted by CWallace
Hey Mike, great job but i have a quick question.. How big of a section were u covering with the 15 and getting good correction, it's a little hard to tell with the time lapse.
I'm considering a Rupes 15, but was curious about how much more efficient and powerful this DA is than my PC and its 2ft x 2ft section passes.
You can definitely tackle a larger section with the Rupes over the PC. For example, if you look at the roof it's divided into two sections by a stainless steel piece of trim that runs over the top from side to side.
I easily knocked out each section using 7-8 section passes moving the polisher very slowly with the compound. I moved the polisher a little faster for the polishing step and only made about 5-6 section passes.
Originally Posted by CWallace
Also am considering a flex! I am looking for a little more powerful machine to possibly speed up my correction process....
I've only buffed out this car with the Rupes polishers. I have more on my schedule.
I picked this car for a number of reasons,
1. It's huge. That means plenty of time to become familiar with this tool and it's operating characteristics.
2. The is an S.I.V. or Special Interest Vehicle, I personally prefer to work on SIV's versus transportation vehicles.
3. Did I mention it's huge? It's huge, that means lots of time behind the polisher getting to know it. The above all said, just like a Porter Cable, Meguiar's or Griot's DA Polisher, if you're buffing over raised body curves the increased pressure to just one portion of the face of the pad can make the pad stop rotating and when this happens you're not getting any correction work performed to that section of paint.
Besides that it does operate a lot smoother than the other DA Polishers and it does have more power and with this extra power you can tackle a larger section of paint at one time.
I know there will be a lot of discussions into the future over the benefits and drawbacks for all the popular tools used in the detailing world so I'm just trying to give everyone some honest feedback from what I experienced and what I know based upon this first car I've used both Rupes polishers on to correct, polish and machine wax.
I have a 1959 Impala arriving to Autogeek this Thursday for my Advanced Paint Polishing Class that is focused specifically on machine polishing and wetsanding.
This is another HUGE Special Interest Vehicle with plenty of swirls and scratches as well as a good mix of flat panels and curved panels. The guys signed up for this class will get plenty of hands-on time behind all the polishers and after the class will be able to choose which tools are best for their detailing needs.
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Re: Rupes Polisher Time Lapse Video - 1955 Ford Crown Victoria
Originally Posted by Thoryamaha919
Well Mike, as always great job. I think i will be looking into either thr Rupes or Flex after watching this video and I'm really leaning toward the Rupes. Any pads you prefer over other that work well with the Rupes?
As of today, I've only used the Rupes paint polishing system as it is intended to be used by the manufacturer.
The blue foam cutting pad and the Rupes compound work really well together as far as correction ability goes but the foam did take a beating from buffing out this car. The other foam formulas from Rupes look to offer a lot more tensile strength and should hold up really well.
Keep in mind the R&D Manager, Marco, told me the blue foam cutting pad and the compound were specifically designed to take advantage of the long orbit stroke and light downward pressure offered by this tool and from what I've experienced, these three things are properly matched.
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