Got to spend some quality time with the Rupes today. Below are my thoughts.
First, some background. I have a PC 7424XP with a 6" plate. I have used "other" brands of pads, and lately have been running Adam's Gen5 pad set for correction. I am just a hobbyist in the correction/polishing world, and a car with paint in moderately decent condition takes me several hours to complete with the PC. I have a total of 10 cars corrected and polished so far.
The PC is a decent machine. It vibrates (a lot), is fairly heavy, and does not correct very quickly. But it does get the job done. For the money, it's a workhorse.
Today my eyes were opened to what a quality polisher can do, even in the hands of a novice like me. With a set of Adam's Gen5 6" pads on the OEM Rupes backing plate, Adam's PCP and PFP, and some Adam's Detail Spray, I went to work on my daily driver.
I washed and clayed my car yesterday evening. This morning, I gave it an Adam's Waterless Wash and, using my new Rupes, got started on correcting the many "love marks" my paint had accumulated over the last 6 months.
Using the Rupes for the first time, after having my hands vibrated to the point of numbness with the Porter-Cable, was an absolute treat. The Rupes is smooth, agile, accurate, and QUICK. I thought for certain it would take me several hours to fully correct my car. Not so! I corrected and machine-sealed within 90 minutes. My arms and hands still had feeling left in them, and the car looks amazing.
The Rupes is, in my opinion, worth every penny. Coupled with Adam's Gen5 pads and compounds, the sheer speed the Rupes completes its work is astounding. Granted, I am coming from a hobbyist-level tool and moving to a professional-level tool. But I never expected the gap to be like this, especially in the hands of a total novice.
And by the by, this car has 60k miles on it.
Thanks Adam's and Rupes!
tl:dr Bought new, expensive polisher. Performed impressively enough to babble on the internet about it. Posted photos for viewing pleasure.
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Got to spend some quality time with the Rupes today. Below are my thoughts.
First, some background. I have a PC 7424XP with a 6" plate. I have used "other" brands of pads, and lately have been running Adam's Gen5 pad set for correction. I am just a hobbyist in the correction/polishing world, and a car with paint in moderately decent condition takes me several hours to complete with the PC. I have a total of 10 cars corrected and polished so far.
The PC is a decent machine. It vibrates (a lot), is fairly heavy, and does not correct very quickly. But it does get the job done. For the money, it's a workhorse.
Today my eyes were opened to what a quality polisher can do, even in the hands of a novice like me. With a set of Adam's Gen5 6" pads on the OEM Rupes backing plate, Adam's PCP and PFP, and some Adam's Detail Spray, I went to work on my daily driver.
I washed and clayed my car yesterday evening. This morning, I gave it an Adam's Waterless Wash and, using my new Rupes, got started on correcting the many "love marks" my paint had accumulated over the last 6 months.
Using the Rupes for the first time, after having my hands vibrated to the point of numbness with the Porter-Cable, was an absolute treat. The Rupes is smooth, agile, accurate, and QUICK. I thought for certain it would take me several hours to fully correct my car. Not so! I corrected and machine-sealed within 90 minutes. My arms and hands still had feeling left in them, and the car looks amazing.
The Rupes is, in my opinion, worth every penny. Coupled with Adam's Gen5 pads and compounds, the sheer speed the Rupes completes its work is astounding. Granted, I am coming from a hobbyist-level tool and moving to a professional-level tool. But I never expected the gap to be like this, especially in the hands of a total novice.
And by the by, this car has 60k miles on it.
Thanks Adam's and Rupes!
tl:dr Bought new, expensive polisher. Performed impressively enough to babble on the internet about it. Posted photos for viewing pleasure.
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