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New Owner of Rupes 21
Hi all,
I recently acquired a Rupes 21 with a 5" backing plate. I would appreciate some advice as to what speed settings to use for different stages of polishing.
Speed for Correcting/compounding.
Speed setting for Final polish/finishing polish for high gloss.
FYI, my go to products are Menzerna FG 400 & SF 4000, 4509 and Sonax Profiline CutMax & EX-04 06.
Thank you for any advice/help
Dave
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Re: New Owner of Rupes 21
If I'm not mistaken you should have a 6 inch backing plate. The 5 inch comes on the 15.
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Re: New Owner of Rupes 21
The Rupes 21 did originally came with the 6" backing plate. I bought it used from a local high end detail shop that changed/upgraded the backing plate to the 5", a common modification to the 21ES.
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Re: New Owner of Rupes 21
Originally Posted by db1220
Hi all,
I recently acquired a Rupes 21 with a 5" backing plate. I would appreciate some advice as to what speed settings to use for different stages of polishing.
Speed for Correcting/compounding.
Speed setting for Final polish/finishing polish for high gloss.
FYI, my go to products are Menzerna FG 400 & SF 4000, 4509 and Sonax Profiline CutMax & EX-04 06.
Thank you for any advice/help
Dave
To add to my post.
I think this question applies not only to the Rupes Bigfoot but for any DA/Random Orbital Polisher.
Just trying to find the correct and or general speeds that should be used. Like fast machine speed for compounding/correcting and slow for finishing to a high gloss.
Or
Slow Machine speed for compounding/correcting and fast for finishing to a high gloss.
Thanks,
Dave
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Re: New Owner of Rupes 21
I recently got the lhr15 and have been getting great results on speed 5 with the blue microfiber cutting disc for correcting and speed 4 to 5 with the yellow foam finishing pad for finishing. I followed the advice from several people on here and utilized the entire Rupes system and it has been amazing so far.
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Re: New Owner of Rupes 21
Originally Posted by kwwhite1
I recently got the lhr15 and have been getting great results on speed 5 with the blue microfiber cutting disc for correcting and speed 4 to 5 with the yellow foam finishing pad for finishing. I followed the advice from several people on here and utilized the entire Rupes system and it has been amazing so far.
Except that I've found the Megs Microfiber discs to work much better than the Rupes MF. The Rupes MF tend to mat down really bad.
Finishing Touch Auto (Stayton, OR)
Ryan Hendricks (Owner) 503-602-8483
FTA Website
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Re: New Owner of Rupes 21
The Megs MF is light years ahead of all MF pads.
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Re: New Owner of Rupes 21
I am pretty shure I got a big foot polisher from the same location you got yours from DD in Norwood. But I got my 21 from AG I think they are great tools. I worked on my sisters friends bmw with out the big foot a few years ago and she was happy.. A few years later she wanted it detailed again this time I had my big foot and when she picked it up she was jumping up and down couldn't believe it was her car.. Good luck with yours..
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Re: New Owner of Rupes 21
for correction speed 6
for polish speed 5
for LSP speed 3.
that is my general rule and I almost always stick to this.
to add, for rupes polisher, I highly recommend using rupes foam pads.
any other brand pads will make noticeable vibration.
I have not mixed rupes foam pad with different brand polishing compound but others have, and told me it worked great.
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Jae @ ONYX Detail Garage
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Re: New Owner of Rupes 21
I use 5" megs mf pads with mine and love it as well. I like to make 2 passes with moderate pressure then 2 more with almost no pressure .
Speed 5-6 for compounding
4-5 For polishing.
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