Master your Flex

Flex DVD

Learn how to master the complete line of Flex polishers with the How to Properly Use Flex Polishers DVD! Learn from the expert himself, Mike Phillips, as he goes over the various dual action and rotary polishers manufactured by Flex Power Tools. Mike Phillips provides an in-depth look at all three Flex polishers while providing you with invaluable tips and techniques on how to achieve flawless paint with your newfound favorite Flex dual action or rotary polisher.

What’s more, the information found in this DVD also pertains to other dual action and rotary polishers. Mike Phillips explains proper machine polishing techniques including how to keep your pad flat while using the powerful Flex XC3401 and how to pick up your bead using the buttery smooth Flex PE14-2-150. No small detail on any of the three polishers manufactured by Flex Power Tools is overlooked in the How to Properly Use Flex Polishers DVD.

Mike Phillips is our Director of Training at Autogeek. He teaches machine polishing classes here in the Autogeek Show Car Garage several times a year, where detailers learn the techniques you’ll see in this video. Now you can bring Mike into your own garage with this DVD, “How to Properly Use Flex Polishers.”

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Explanation of Forced Rotation of the FLEX XC 3401

FLEX XC 3401 VRG Orbital PolisherThe FLEX XC 3401 VRG is an orbital polisher with forced rotation. What is forced rotation? Let’s compare it to a polisher without forced rotation, like the Porter Cable 7424XP.

A Porter Cable 7424XP and the FLEX XC 3401 VRG are both described as orbital polishers, but there’s a noticable difference between these two machines. Both machines are constructed so that the pad rotates and orbits around the central spindle, but the FLEX features forced rotation.

To understand forced rotation, it’s helpful to think of a bicycle. The back wheel of a bicycle is connected to the chain and sprocket and it’s driven by the pedals. There’s a mechanism forcing the rotation of the back wheel. This is like the pad’s rotation on the FLEX XC 3401 Orbital Polisher. The front wheel of the bicycle is just along for the ride. It rotates when the bike is in motion but there’s no mechanism driving it. That describes the pad rotation on the Porter Cable 7424XP it rotates freely as it orbits because of a free spinning bearing assembly.

In practice, the forced rotation of the FLEX XC 3401 VRG and the free rotation of the Porter Cable 7424XP feel quite different. The FLEX pad completes full rotations and has a lot of power behind it to force that rotation. The FLEX XC 3401 VRG, even though it?s still an orbital machine, can remove a lot of imperfections. The Porter Cable?s motion is often described as jiggling, but it still achieves the dual action?that is, orbiting and rotating ? that will keep you from burning the paint. The Porter Cable 7424XP is great for minor defect removal, waxing, and general polishing.

Learn more about our entire selection of orbital polishers at Autogeek.net.