The boxes that were delivered early Friday evening
What could they be?
Christmas in July, that's what it could be!
The neighbor's black 2012 Cadillac SRX was all cleaned and clayed and ready for polish
A comparison was set up
I didn't break out the Porter Cable, as I didn't have the new 5.5" backing plate yet.
The troops were rounded up
As many of you know, I do part time summer work for Adam as his Eastern Events Coordinator. You'll see my Team and I at many of the Carlisle events, and this year at The Syracuse Hot Rod Nationals. It is important my Team be familiar with the new machines so we all can help customers with explanations of each machine and their strengths. I worked with Adam and Dylan to get these in my hands before my next show. Eventually they'll end up with the in the Carlisle Trailer and be used on demo cars at the events, both in our hands, and yours if you stop by!
It rained over night and was beginning to again as the daylight broke. My GTO was pulled out of the garage and the Cadillac in where we were going to need to work. I wiped it down again with WW using several WW towels.
9:00am the guys showed up, we looked over each machine and got started.
Charlie is using the Bigfoot 21 on the hood with an orange microfiber pad and PCP. A couple of his comments; huge throw, not real easy to see how to center the microfiber pad on the machine-the microfibers cover the hole, soft start is nice, very smooth operation, the new hook and loop is amazing with how well it holds.
Charlie corrected the other half of the hood using the Flex with the microfiber pad and PCP. The Flex was more powerful due to its forced rotation, and corrected quicker than the Bigfoot 21.
Bob has used the Bigfoot 21 before and here he is using the Bigfoot 15 on a rear quarter panel. Bob will be with me at the Syracuse Hot Rod Nationals, Corvettes at Carlisle, and at Fall Carlisle.
No more holograms, Bob liked this machine, as the rest of us did. It's 15" throw is very close to the Flex and the machine feels similar to the Flex with one big exception. Since the Bigfoot machines are not forced rotation they don't want to pull or push you across a panel while being used. You don't feel as beat up and tired after spending some time with these.
Brain and I spent quite a bit of time with the 75e Mini.
Brian and his wife, Sarah will be with me at Fall Carlisle again. Brian placed a 4" microfiber pad on the Mini and corrected the entire right rear quarter panel. Brian works as a Detailer for Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, PA and has quite a bit of experience with many different machines. He said he could see correcting an entire machine with the Mini! He got the quarter panel 100% perfect. He did spend some time though getting it to this level. One pass with the Bigfoot 15 using the same pad/polish combo on the right rear door didn't correct as well as Brian did with the Mini on that quarter panel. A second pass with the Bigfoot 15 was required and did the trick.
I used the Mini with the 4" foam pads on the tail gate and in tight spaces we couldn't get the other machines; I want one of these!
The little thing is a beast. Crank it up to 7 and it sounds like an angle grinder! It's not as powerful as a cordless drill, but darn close and it won't leave holograms behind.
I spent some time with the Cyclo and the 4" Gen 5 pads while Brian was using the 75e Mini. One thing I noticed immediately is the feel of the machine/pad against the vehicle. Almost all slop from the pad to the paint is gone, there is a more firm and direct feel with the pad to the paint due to the heavy duty neoprene. This allows the Cyclo to correct better than it did with the Gen 4 pad system. My wife Holly heard all the noise coming from the garage and came out to join us for a bit.
I tore a small piece of foam off one of the 4" orange foam pads removing it from the Cyclo. The new hook and loop is very firm and the tapered design of the pad makes it somewhat harder to lift the backing of the pad from the backing plate attached to the machine without grabbing some of the foam.
A slight draw back a couple of us found from the heavy duty neoprene is that you don't want to touch the neoprene to the paint while the machine is running. We had a few oh sh*t moments where we thought we'd burned through the paint; door handles, mirrors, and a spot on the rear tailgate. It was neoprene scuffed onto these areas, Goo Gone took the scuffs right off.
Charlie's seen here finishing the contours of the front bumper with the Mini using a white foam pad with PFP.
You won't be seeing Charlie at any of the events this year. Due to some recent changes he thought it best to back out. He does however detail with me quite regularly and I thought it still a good idea to have him join us for the morning to gain the same knowledge and experience.
Lastly I applied Liquid Paint Sealant with the Bigfoot 15 using a grey foam pad.
The Bigfoot 15 seemed to be the most versatile machine and would be perfect to use on well cared for and maintained vehicles. We all loved it.
The Bigfoot 21 would be great for large panels and larger vehicles; trucks, RV's, campers, buses, etc...
The 75e Mini, each one of us plans to purchase one of these. The maneuverability, and power of this little machine should be the second machine anyone buys. It's unbelievable.
The Gen 5 pad system is a perfect match for all three of these new Rupes machines as well as for the the Flex we tried them on too.
I'll have all three of these machines and the Gen 5 pad system with me at The Carlisle Chrysler Nationals next weekend, if you're at the show, or in the area stop by and check them out. After Chrysler's I'll be sending them to Chris for him to perfect his technique before Corvettes at Carlisle.
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I guess I'll call this Chapter 2.
If you'd like, here's Chapter 1 for you.
The boxes that were delivered early Friday evening
What could they be?
Christmas in July, that's what it could be!
The neighbor's black 2012 Cadillac SRX was all cleaned and clayed and ready for polish
A comparison was set up
I didn't break out the Porter Cable, as I didn't have the new 5.5" backing plate yet.
The troops were rounded up
As many of you know, I do part time summer work for Adam as his Eastern Events Coordinator. You'll see my Team and I at many of the Carlisle events, and this year at The Syracuse Hot Rod Nationals. It is important my Team be familiar with the new machines so we all can help customers with explanations of each machine and their strengths. I worked with Adam and Dylan to get these in my hands before my next show. Eventually they'll end up with the in the Carlisle Trailer and be used on demo cars at the events, both in our hands, and yours if you stop by!
It rained over night and was beginning to again as the daylight broke. My GTO was pulled out of the garage and the Cadillac in where we were going to need to work. I wiped it down again with WW using several WW towels.
9:00am the guys showed up, we looked over each machine and got started.
Charlie is using the Bigfoot 21 on the hood with an orange microfiber pad and PCP. A couple of his comments; huge throw, not real easy to see how to center the microfiber pad on the machine-the microfibers cover the hole, soft start is nice, very smooth operation, the new hook and loop is amazing with how well it holds.
Charlie corrected the other half of the hood using the Flex with the microfiber pad and PCP. The Flex was more powerful due to its forced rotation, and corrected quicker than the Bigfoot 21.
Bob has used the Bigfoot 21 before and here he is using the Bigfoot 15 on a rear quarter panel. Bob will be with me at the Syracuse Hot Rod Nationals, Corvettes at Carlisle, and at Fall Carlisle.
No more holograms, Bob liked this machine, as the rest of us did. It's 15" throw is very close to the Flex and the machine feels similar to the Flex with one big exception. Since the Bigfoot machines are not forced rotation they don't want to pull or push you across a panel while being used. You don't feel as beat up and tired after spending some time with these.
Brain and I spent quite a bit of time with the 75e Mini.
Brian and his wife, Sarah will be with me at Fall Carlisle again. Brian placed a 4" microfiber pad on the Mini and corrected the entire right rear quarter panel. Brian works as a Detailer for Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, PA and has quite a bit of experience with many different machines. He said he could see correcting an entire machine with the Mini! He got the quarter panel 100% perfect. He did spend some time though getting it to this level. One pass with the Bigfoot 15 using the same pad/polish combo on the right rear door didn't correct as well as Brian did with the Mini on that quarter panel. A second pass with the Bigfoot 15 was required and did the trick.
I used the Mini with the 4" foam pads on the tail gate and in tight spaces we couldn't get the other machines; I want one of these!
The little thing is a beast. Crank it up to 7 and it sounds like an angle grinder! It's not as powerful as a cordless drill, but darn close and it won't leave holograms behind.
I spent some time with the Cyclo and the 4" Gen 5 pads while Brian was using the 75e Mini. One thing I noticed immediately is the feel of the machine/pad against the vehicle. Almost all slop from the pad to the paint is gone, there is a more firm and direct feel with the pad to the paint due to the heavy duty neoprene. This allows the Cyclo to correct better than it did with the Gen 4 pad system. My wife Holly heard all the noise coming from the garage and came out to join us for a bit.
I tore a small piece of foam off one of the 4" orange foam pads removing it from the Cyclo. The new hook and loop is very firm and the tapered design of the pad makes it somewhat harder to lift the backing of the pad from the backing plate attached to the machine without grabbing some of the foam.
A slight draw back a couple of us found from the heavy duty neoprene is that you don't want to touch the neoprene to the paint while the machine is running. We had a few oh sh*t moments where we thought we'd burned through the paint; door handles, mirrors, and a spot on the rear tailgate. It was neoprene scuffed onto these areas, Goo Gone took the scuffs right off.
Charlie's seen here finishing the contours of the front bumper with the Mini using a white foam pad with PFP.
You won't be seeing Charlie at any of the events this year. Due to some recent changes he thought it best to back out. He does however detail with me quite regularly and I thought it still a good idea to have him join us for the morning to gain the same knowledge and experience.
Lastly I applied Liquid Paint Sealant with the Bigfoot 15 using a grey foam pad.
The Bigfoot 15 seemed to be the most versatile machine and would be perfect to use on well cared for and maintained vehicles. We all loved it.
The Bigfoot 21 would be great for large panels and larger vehicles; trucks, RV's, campers, buses, etc...
The 75e Mini, each one of us plans to purchase one of these. The maneuverability, and power of this little machine should be the second machine anyone buys. It's unbelievable.
The Gen 5 pad system is a perfect match for all three of these new Rupes machines as well as for the the Flex we tried them on too.
I'll have all three of these machines and the Gen 5 pad system with me at The Carlisle Chrysler Nationals next weekend, if you're at the show, or in the area stop by and check them out. After Chrysler's I'll be sending them to Chris for him to perfect his technique before Corvettes at Carlisle.
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