Everything You NEED To Know About RUPES Polishers and The RUPES Polishing System!

In this how-to tutorial video, RUPES Senior Technical Advisor Todd Helme and Field Application Specialist Alberto Quiroscabrera share why RUPES Polishers and the RUPES Polishing System were designed to boost the efficiency and productivity of detailers.
We discuss the RUPES Polishing System in detail. Why does the system exist? What benefit does it give to the detailer doing the work? How does the system work, and why are pads and compounds important?
This in-depth discussion covers RUPES polishing machines, dual-action polishing pads and compounds, and critical details you likely never knew before about RUPES, to help you use the tools and products effectively.
We discuss how to prime foam polishing pads, microfiber and wool polishing pads, rotary polishing pads, and how to do a test spot to determine what polishing steps you will need to do on your project, all of which are essential to get the best results, with less time and cost!
After watching this Rupes polishing tutorial video, you'll have everything you need to know to get the most out of your RUPES Polisher!
🌟LINK to learn more about the RUPES Polishers and Polishing System here: www.autoobsessed.com/rupes-ho...
🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Links for Canada and USA:
TO PURCHASE ITEMS USED IN THIS VIDEO:
🏷️Rupes HLR Mini 3" iBrid Starter Kit: www.autoobsessed.com/yt4978
🏷️Rupes BigFoot MILLE LK 900E: www.autoobsessed.com/yt3728
🏷️Rupes LHR 15 Mark III: www.autoobsessed.com/yt4157
🏷️Rupes UNO Advanced: www.autoobsessed.com/yt4981
🏷️Rupes Reveal Strong: www.autoobsessed.com/yt8013
🏷️Rupes Reveal Lite: www.autoobsessed.com/yt8014
🏷️Rupes 3" Coarse Microfiber: www.autoobsessed.com/yt4928
🏷️Rupes 3" Fine Microfiber: www.autoobsessed.com/yt4931
🏷️Rupes 3" Ultra Fine Microfiber: www.autoobsessed.com/yt4934
🏷️Rupes DA Fine Compound: www.autoobsessed.com/yt4566
🏷️Rupes DA Coarse Compound: www.autoobsessed.com/yt4552
🏷️Rupes UNO Pure Polish: www.autoobsessed.com/yt4555
🏷️Rupes DA Coarse Blue 3": www.autoobsessed.com/yt4557
🏷️Rupes DA Fine Yellow 3": www.autoobsessed.com/yt4559
🏷️Rupes DA Ultra Fine White 3": www.autoobsessed.com/yt4561
🏷️Rupes DA Coarse Blue 5": www.autoobsessed.com/yt4567
🏷️Rupes DA Fine Yellow 5": www.autoobsessed.com/yt4568
🏷️Rupes DA Ultra Fine White 5": www.autoobsessed.com/yt4569
🌎 Links for other Countries
TO PURCHASE ITEMS USED IN THIS VIDEO:
🏷️Rupes Bigfoot HLR75 Mini iBrid Standard Kit: amzn.to/3FZf8JL
🏷️Rupes UNO Advanced 250ml: amzn.to/3EjEPDv
🏷️Rupes BigFoot MILLE LK 900E: amzn.to/3UqM8zv
🏷️Rupes LHR 15 Mark III: amzn.to/3sl9eLy
🏷️Rupes UNO Advanced: amzn.to/3hyn9Le
🏷️Rupes 3" Coarse Microfiber: amzn.to/3huKjCs
🏷️Rupes 3" Fine Microfiber: amzn.to/3A5BsgT
🏷️Rupes 3" Ultra Fine Microfiber: amzn.to/3ToSixW
🏷️Rupes DA Fine Compound: amzn.to/3GwGrL0
🏷️Rupes DA Coarse Compound: amzn.to/3MwNkQc
🏷️Rupes UNO Pure Polish: amzn.to/3zNbD4U
🏷️Rupes DA Coarse Blue 3": amzn.to/43kTIjm
🏷️Rupes DA Fine Yellow 3": amzn.to/3GxFe69
🏷️Rupes DA Ultra Fine White 3": amzn.to/3mk1Jo9
🏷️Rupes DA Coarse Blue 5": amzn.to/3KNuNOb
🏷️Rupes DA Fine Yellow 5": amzn.to/43j1tX4
🏷️Rupes DA Ultra Fine White 5": amzn.to/43j1tX4
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Music:
"Sunny Summer" by Sunny Fruit
"Rainbow City" by Aves
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - History
3:05 - Types of Polishers
10:13 - Choosing a Polisher
16:10 - Polishing System
32:28 - Priming Pads
33:39 - Priming Foam Pads
37:11 - Priming Microfiber Pads
42:17 - Priming Rotary Pads
45:21 - Test Spot
57:29 - Closing Thoughts, Where to Buy
This video is presented for instructional and educational purposes only. Auto Obsessed™ Ltd. accepts no liability for any loss or damage whatsoever or howsoever caused in reliance upon such information, application or services. As your results may vary from ours, always know your own product and application and ensure that all techniques used are suitable for your purposes as your results may vary from ours.
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[@autoobsessed1]

🌟LINK to learn more about the Rupes Polishers and Polishing System here: www.autoobsessed.com/rupes-how-to-tutorial Chapters 0:00 - Intro 0:48- History 3:05 - Types of Polishers 10:13 - Choosing a Polisher 16:10 - Polishing System 32:28 - Priming Pads 33:39 - Priming Foam Pads 37:11 - Priming Fibre Pads 42:17 - Priming Rotary Pads 45:21 - Test Spot 57:29 - Closing thoughts - Where to Buy ▶ SUBSCRIBE and LIKE today's video & turn on notifications for advanced notice on new Auto Obsessed videos - bit.ly/autoobsessed

[@RUPES]

Thank you so much for putting this together!

[@autoobsessed1]

My pleasure! Thank you so much for your support.

[@latesttechtrends1227]

its 2023. did u fixed the pad stall? or that is deliberately left out still just to get the debate going and make rupes more famous? When the cordless versions of big bigfeet are coming? again its 2023.. since now u r in usa, maybe Milwaukee can help with some battery tech. Lastly, can i get rupes made in Italy? i just dnt trust Americans with their Friday builds and Monday hungover builds concepts.... we see that in cars manufacturing where nuts and bolts are missing and fuses are not seated properly on 100k+ flagships. Side note: Rupes, take ur manufacturing back to Italy ASAP, its already making me sway towards a German made flex.. also cordless.. also no stall. The only thing i cant stand about flex is that red color they use, i wish it was brighter... but anyways if i buy those, i'll customize those with carbon fiber body to cover that sad upsetting dark red lol

[@robl6044]

Great job guys glad your in Canada 🇨🇦 now come to Toronto Ontario

[@autoobsessed1]

Well they were here a couple of weeks ago, it takes a while to edit and publish a large video like this. Thank you for watching!

[@BruceSWeinberg]

What a super informative and detailed video. Well done.

[@autoobsessed1]

Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching.

[@MichaelOnRockyTop]

Wonderful video gentlemen! Thank you for being very thorough and explaining all the steps. I started my prosumer detailing journey last Summer through the help of Pan The Organizer. I have already performed a single step polish last year using a different polish. Of course, it enhanced the gloss, but I have shiny scratches now haha. I've been looking heavily at your brand for my next paint correction session this coming summer. At which point, I'm going to do a two-step process. I drive a Ford so not too hard but not too soft on the paint. I believe I will use the blue wool pad for cutting and finishing with the yellow foam pad. From all the Rupes videos I've been watching, I can get a nice jeweling through this combo on medium paint. I wanted to ask, because I didn't see it in the video, how do you go about cleaning the fiber pads between each section pass? I have a pad brush for my foam pads, but I have a feeling it's a different procedure for fiber pads. Thank you so much for any advice!

[@autoobsessed1]

Hello thank you for watching. Don't get too tied up in researching what you will need for your car, apply the techniques outlined in the video to determine what "works for your car", the correct product and process is the one that works on "your car" and that is why Rupes outlined the test spot routine.

[@user-sr8rb8yo2x]

thank you.

[@autoobsessed1]

You're welcome, thank you for watching!

[@alanhefter4659]

I use Rupes pads frequently but not on a Rupes machine and they work fine. Great video however and great explanations. A Rupes machine maybe in my future for sure.

[@autoobsessed1]

The Rupes machines are superior, definitely worth the money spent. Thank you for your comments and watching our channel.

[@alanhefter4659]

@@autoobsessed1 you're welcome. I have a direct drive unit in a different brand name. The free rotation Rupes unit would be nice but the stalling on free rotation units is annoying but I realize it's the nature of the tool 😕

[@Directionnel996]

Can you install Advanced and protect by hand like a wax and benefit from the same protection and durability over time? THANKS

[@jtm1979]

i have to diasgree with microfiber vs wool. Wool cuts and finish better than microfiber, i have tested this multpile times on multiple vehicles. Also long throws are superiour compared to forced rotation when it comes to cutting power. Also i think that using 21 with 5" inch backing plate gives you best correction power and beats rotarty with 5" pad. Great machines all in all. I just got the hlr75 and it is mind blowing good. By far best and strongest 3" da polisher.

[@BirwaxDetailing]

its tottaly wrong .Orbital 21 mm cant be better cut then rotary .Maybe your rotary wools not so good

[@jtm1979]

​@@BirwaxDetailing I have tested it with many pads. Only time i use rotary is if i have to do two or more cutting sets. Then I use 10" twisted wool which is very fast to do but it leaves horrible holograms and I do another cutting set with 21/5" wool and it removes rest of the scratches abd holograms. I have done this for 10 years and probably done more pad/polish/machine tests than 99% detailers.

[@BirwaxDetailing]

@@jtm1979 brother why hologram is problem gor you ? if you use rotary and wool pad ofc there will be some holograms . But all we know if you are use rotarr you will use orbital for step 2 and 3 .Hologram is not problem.İm uaing rotary around 15 years in my country.No body can prove that orbital 21 wool or microfiber pad cut better then rotary with wool pad. Im living in turkiye so our cars are really hard not like europe or america.Really hard paints.So there is only one way to cut scratches .I tried every pads and every polish compounds with lhr 21 or flex but its just take my time much .I mean wasting time..

[@jtm1979]

@@BirwaxDetailing many pro's agree with me. I didn't say holograms are problem, but very light finishing step isn't necessarily enough to remove then. So if one cutting set is enough 21 is better choice because you can always finish it with one more step, sometimes its not even necessary. if i do that one set with 10" twisted wool, there is big probability that i have to do medium step and finishing step. So that's 3 steps. If however one cutting set isn't enough, i do the first with rotary because 10" wool is faster to do big areas than 5" wool and doesn't require pad cleaning as much. So i do very fast set with rotary following another set with 21(removes holograms and the rest of the scratches). Im not sure if you understand what i mean. So yeah for me rotary is only for very specific cases and with large wool pad only or sometimes jeweling. Also spot work. But most of the work i do with long throws.

[@dennishill6742]

Did you guys trade watches throughout the filming process? 😂

[@autoobsessed1]

Good eye! They were having a little fun during the takes and shooting :)

[@RUPES]

Nice catch :)

[@ramiroalba651]

@rupes@@autoobsessed1 - I just bought the rupes DA polishing system. When I use the yellow compound and the yellow pad. It releases a ton of white dust all over the car. I’m priming it, the pad is new. I’m not using a rupes polisher, it’s a Griots G9. What am I doing wrong? Please help

[@user-tl5lz7ml5z]

Using cemical guys pad lub can help reduce dust.

[@BirwaxDetailing]

İ still no understand why they make for foam pad x why not circle ⭕️ WhatsApp reason for x ?

[@autoobsessed1]

The engineers from Rupes developed the best way for the pad to be primed and this is demonstrated in this video with two trainers from Rupes USA.

[@swampy6x659]

1st gen Rupes Bigfoot 4 cars over 18mths speed control stopped working 300$ have repaired No warranty !!!! Polisher is in excellent condition private use . I WAS SCREWED THAT BAD I STARTED TO BUY the Flex Tool Brand far better P8 1,2,3 inch rotary . very smooth Rupes pads and compounds are good but double the competitor cost .

[@autoobsessed1]

Sorry to hear that, we use Rupes professionally and they are solid polishers in our professional daily use.

[@swampy6x659]

Flex tool easily the same or better quality as Rupes

[@CT-pb7ds]

Did you notice the mistake?

[@autoobsessed1]

We are not aware of any?

[@latesttechtrends1227]

its 2023. did u fixed the pad stall? or that is deliberately left out still just to get the debate going and make rupes more famous? When the cordless versions of big bigfeet are coming? again its 2023.. since now u r in usa, maybe Milwaukee can help with some battery tech. Lastly, can i get rupes made in Italy? i just dnt trust Americans with their Friday builds and Monday hungover builds concepts.... we see that in cars manufacturing where nuts and bolts are missing and fuses are not seated properly on 100k+ flagships. Side note: Rupes, take ur manufacturing back to Italy ASAP, its already making me sway towards a German made flex.. also cordless.. also no stall. The only thing i cant stand about flex is that red color they use, i wish it was brighter... but anyways if i buy those, i'll customize those with carbon fiber body to cover that sad upsetting dark red lol

[@autoobsessed1]

We cannot comment for Rupes, you may want to reach out to them directly. We have been selling Rupes in Canada since 2013 and have not seen any differences from the machines that were built in Italy versus the ones made in the USA. As for the pad stall, I believe you are referring to the Bigfoot 15 and 21 machines, these are designed that way for added protection. If you want a machine with no stall then the Rupes Mille which is a forced rotation machine might be a better choice for you.

[@RUPES]

"ts 2023. did u fixed the pad stall?" Pad stall is a designed feature of a random orbital which is a built in safety feature. Orbital tools produce 85% (minimum) to 100% of their movement from the orbital action, so loosing a maximum of 15% of the pad's speed (only at the very outer edge) is obviously not going change the result. Pad spin offers the benefits of cooling the pad and creating a better finish. It is also a good indicator that the tool is being operated correctly on an appropriately sized body panel. Pad spin is not necessary for paint correction and, as you said it is 2023. Most of the users understand this now. "or that is deliberately left out still just to get the debate going and make rupes more famous?" That is a false dichotomy: You presented two options (fixing something that doesn't need to be fixed) or it must be some marketing scheme... Neither is correct. "When the cordless versions of big bigfeet are coming? again its 2023.. since now u r in usa, maybe Milwaukee can help with some battery tech." RUPES stated goal is to make battery tools comparable in weight and power to the corded versions available. While we appreciate the suggestion, we want to make sure we reach the goal. The HLR75 is both lighter and more powerful than the LHR75E and we plan to continue that moving forward. "Lastly, can i get rupes made in Italy? i just dnt trust Americans with their Friday builds and Monday hungover builds concepts.... we see that in cars manufacturing where nuts and bolts are missing and fuses are not seated properly on 100k+ flagships. " I cannot comment on car manufacturers nor the suggestion that this would carry over to USA manufacturing in every single industry... Polishers manufactured in both the USA and Italy are made the same standards. Build quality is carefully inspected and tight records of return rates and defects are kept. There is no quality difference between the manufacturing location and you are getting a high-quality polisher with a return rate FAR BELOW the average for tool manufacturers. “Side note: Rupes, take ur manufacturing back to Italy ASAP, its already making me sway towards a German made flex.. also cordless.. also no stall." As addressed, RUPES maintains strict build quality protocols regardless of the tool's final assembly. Based on rumors of another industry, we hope you will understand us not changing our whole business model. Thank you earnestly for the suggestions. Even when we disagree, we value all of our customer's feedback and appreciate the time it takes to write them. Yours in better polishing.

[@autoobsessed1]

🌟LINK to learn more about the Rupes Polishers and Polishing System here: www.autoobsessed.com/rupes-how-to-tutorial Chapters 0:00 - Intro 0:48- History 3:05 - Types of Polishers 10:13 - Choosing a Polisher 16:10 - Polishing System 32:28 - Priming Pads 33:39 - Priming Foam Pads 37:11 - Priming Fibre Pads 42:17 - Priming Rotary Pads 45:21 - Test Spot 57:29 - Closing thoughts - Where to Buy ▶ SUBSCRIBE and LIKE today's video & turn on notifications for advanced notice on new Auto Obsessed videos - bit.ly/autoobsessed