Paint Transfer Removed and a REALLY happy customer!

[Jacob Harrod AUTOCLEAN]

I just want to start off by thinking Mike Phillips for your article on removing paint transfer.

How To remove Paint Transfer off your car's paint

Your techniques really helped me out and I was able to help this lady out in return and saved her a bunch of money since she came to me instead of the body shop to get her bumper repainted.

I used the 3D one and a microfiber applicator to remove the transfer then followed up by polishing the bumper with BF One Step and Topping with Pinacle Liquid Souveran.

I used the Flex PiXiE and BF One Step paired with a Lake Country Heavy Polishing pad to polish the black plastic accent on the bumper

Worked like a charm!



















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[2black1s]

Nice save!

A little touch-up paint on the remaining chips and this will pass the 5-foot test with flying colors.

Even without any touch-up - major, major improvement.

[Jacob Harrod AUTOCLEAN]

Nice save!

A little touch-up paint on the remaining chips and this will pass the 5-foot test with flying colors.

Even without any touch-up - major, major improvement.

Thanks brother! I was thinking the same thing!

I wished I had some Dr. Colorchip. I don't have any in my arsenal yet.

That metallic white is absolutely beautiful.

My next big thing I'm gonna buy is the Flex BEAST HD variant from AG so I can have the 25 foot cord.

Do you think I can get one of those locking 12 Gauge cords and hook it up to the BEAST HD or would that make the total cord too long for the tool?

Last thing I'd want to do is burn it up, but my outlets are a little ways away from my work space.

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[2black1s]

My rule-of-thumb for extension cords is to use the same gauge (or heavier) as the tool's cord for lengths up to 25 ft.

For lengths over 25 ft., one gauge heavier (or heavier) than the tool's cord.

[Jacob Harrod AUTOCLEAN]

My rule-of-thumb for extension cords is to use the same gauge (or heavier) as the tool's cord for lengths up to 25 ft.

For lengths over 25 ft., one gauge heavier (or heavier) than the tool's cord.

That's a golden nugget right there! Thanks brother!

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[Mike Phillips]

Just to chime in....



Exceptionally well done!

[Mike Phillips]

My rule-of-thumb for extension cords is to use the same gauge (or heavier) as the tool's cord for lengths up to 25 ft.

For lengths over 25 ft., one gauge heavier (or heavier) than the tool's cord.

Totally agree.

So glad I have about a half dozen of these for the garage.

So sad to say FLEX has discontinued them.


These are all I use when I'm not using a FLEX Cordless.


Review: FLEX 50 Foot - Heavy Duty Extension Cord - Don't use cheap cords with expensive power tools



FLEX 50' Heavy Duty 12 AGW Power Cord





FLEX Tools North America introduced their brand new 50' Heavy Duty 12 AGW extension cord at SEMA and Bob Eichelberg was kind enough to give me one of the first cords available.

Here's the imprint in the cord showing the wire gauge size





Das Original Cord Features

• Made in America
• Heavy duty 12 gauge wire thickness
• 50' length
• Lighted plug end
• Flexible rubber outside won't kink

The problem
If you use to light of gauge wiring in and extension cord the wire itself hinders the flow of electricity to the tool. This can harm the electrical components inside the tool and cause these components to burn out. The cord itself will get hot due to the impedance of electricity flow. In fact, you should NEVER feel heat or warmth coming from your extension cords when using FLEX tools. If you do this is sign that the cord is too light duty for the tool.

The solution
A heavy duty extension cord that uses a minimum of 12 AGW wire. The longer the cord the more important it is for the cord to use 12 AGW wire. The FLEX 50' Heavy Duty 12 AGW Extension Cord is the solution FLEX offers all their tool customers to protect their tool investment while providing the correct flow of electricity to the tool.



What does AWG mean?
American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a U.S. standard set of non-ferrous wire conductor sizes. The "gauge" means the diameter. Non-ferrous includes copper and also aluminum and other materials, but is most frequently applied to copper household electrical wiring. Typical household wiring is AWG number 12 or 14. The higher the gauge number, the smaller the diameter and the thinner the wire. Since thicker wire carries more current because it has less electrical resistance over a given length, thicker wire is better for longer distances. For this reason, where extended distance is critical, it's vital for the performance of the current delivery to use thicker gauge wire.


My comments...
I know for a fact that too many guys are using extension cords that don't use the correct gauge wire for the tool they are using. I'd even say that there's a lot of people in all industries that have no clue that the gauge thickness of the wire in the extension cords they are using are just as important as the tool. I know from posts on our forum over the years that too many people are experiencing overheating problems with their polishers and blaming the polisher when the root cause is the extension cord.


Plus with a 50' cord you'll never have to plug in two 25' cords to reach from your plug-in to your project.



On Autogeek.com


FLEX 50 ft. 12/3 SJTW HD Extension Cord

[dgage]

Do you think I can get one of those locking 12 Gauge cords and hook it up to the BEAST HD or would that make the total cord too long for the tool?

You could have up to 100’ of extension using 12 gauge since the Flex doesn’t pull more than 15 amps. You could even do 50’ on 14 ga but I’d rather go big just to make sure. I bought Autogeek’s 25’ 12 gauge Pro-lock extension cord and it is really beefy. Only way to make it better is if they offered it in 50’ lengths.

I tried to paste in a link to a png picture but it didn’t work so here is a link to the page showing an extension cord table.
Extension Cords - Electrical 101

[MisterSnoop]

Thanks brother! I was thinking the same thing!

I wished I had some Dr. Colorchip. I don't have any in my arsenal yet.

If you didn't have the commercial kit, you'd have to order a small bottle of paint ($35 shipped) based on their paint code (assuming you had a kit with SealAct, etc). Maybe you could use that as a way to get them back for a detail?

Looks great BTW

[Jacob Harrod AUTOCLEAN]

Just to chime in....



Exceptionally well done!

Thank you Mike! Also I could not have done it right without your helpful article.

If you ever decide to depart with one of those extension cords please keep me in mind.

AMAZING write up on the extension cords!

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