- Despite its size,
the iBrid Nano might be one of our most popular tools
in the BigFoot family.
But at the same time,
it's probably one of the most misunderstood.
So in this week's episode of RUPES Replies,
we're gonna answer a whole lot of questions
similar to this one.
To make sure that you guys out there that already have one
are getting maximum performance out of it
and if you're considering getting a Nano
or adding it to your collection,
you know what to do with it right out of the box.
- [Narrator] The world of Paint Correction
and polishing is getting more complicated
by the minute and every week we receive hundreds
of questions and comments on social media,
on videos and emails.
We wanna answer those questions.
This is RUPES Replies.
- So we'll knock the first really common question
out right away.
Do you need a Nano?
And that really depends
it depends on the type of work that you do.
The Nano offers an incredible amount of versatility
and can reach into places
that pretty much no other polisher can.
The addition of options of courted or battery,
the three different movements, all these things
make it extremely versatile.
If you find yourself struggling to do edge work in tight
spaces, maybe a Nano is a good fit for you.
If you're not struggling and you've got a three inch
polisher and you're getting everything done,
then maybe you don't need one.
So now one of the most common things we see trip Nano owners
up in that is configuration.
Now, when you purchase a fully loaded kit,
like the box kit here,
it is gonna come with three attachments.
You're gonna have a green attachment,
that's your on-center rotary.
So it spins just on a central access.
You have a blue attachment,
that one is gonna be your three millimeter orbital,
and you're gonna have a red attachment,
that's your 12 millimeter orbital.
The biggest mistake we see people making is they're grabbing
that blue one and setting it up,
and then we get emails like,
I can't maintain rotation.
It doesn't seem like it's polishing very much.
Well, a three millimeter orbit is going to be a small orbit.
Actually we really only intend that to be used for sanding
or extremely, extremely light polishing applications.
If you are trying to run in orbital mode
and you want correction power,
then you're gonna want to run the 12 millimeter
adapter or the red one.
The other one that we get a lot of questions about
is the green one, the rotary adapter.
And when would you use it?
If the 12 millimeter does a great job of cutting
and polishing, when do we use the rotary?
Well, actually, if you ask our team,
the rotary mode is probably the most popular
way to use the Nano.
Now I think a lot of you out there are thinking "ew rotary!"
"that scares me I don't know how to use rotary"
"I'm scared of damaging something!" you don't need to be
and there's one key factor to look at with this.
Now, if we look at pad size,
with the Nano, we're gonna be running the 40
or the 70 millimeter pads in orbital mode
in rotary mode, we're only gonna recommend
the 40 millimeter pad.
Now with rotary, the smaller the pad gets
the less edge of speed it has less velocity
at the edge of the pad.
So actually a smaller rotary pad is not very aggressive,
but what it does give you, gives you tons of precision
so that you can work in a tight spaces with no offset,
with the orbital tool that pad is moving back and forth
at 12 millimeters of orbit that's a good amount of orbit.
When we're working in these small spaces,
we want as much precision as we can get.
So by centering the pad, keeping it in rotary mode,
we can very precise into those edges.
And because it's only a 40 millimeter and by downsizing
the pad, we're getting less aggressive.
It means it's perfectly safe to use,
even if you're not an experienced rotary operator.
Now you're still gonna wanna exercise caution,
stay off of sharp edges and curves,
but you can use rotary mode on the Nano, even as a novice
and be fairly safe with that and get
the level of precision you want.
On the subject of rotary mode,
the other common question about that we get is when people
try and thread the larger backing plate on with rotary,
and it comes into contact with this plastic shroud here
and and they go, "It doesn't fit, it doesn't work.".
That's kind of our subtle way of telling you
we don't recommend that, we want you to run
that 40 millimeter pad with rotary mode.
For the exact reasons we just talked about,
it's a little bit less aggressive because we've downsized
that pad we wanna be as safe as possible and edge work
and things like that, also that larger pad
if we think in scale, if this was a full sized tool
scaled up to that big, the pad and its ratio versus
the gears and the motor is actually quite high.
So it's a lot of force placed on the tool.
Those larger pads can stress your Nano.
You wanna stick to that 40 millimeter pad size
just to minimize it.
We do see people they'll pull the plastic trout off
so they can run the larger pad in rotary mode.
We don't advise it,
but if you're going to do it, use a lot of caution.
You're putting a lot of stress on the twin
you don't wanna break a very expensive specialty tool
like your Nano.
A big mistake we see people making
is excessive amounts of pressure.
What we want you to target is about 50% or less compression
of the foam so about half the height
when you're pressing down,
if you see the foam getting compressed to more than 50%
of its original height, you're pressing too hard.
They can be a hard thing to master
because it is a very delicate touch
and it feels like it's going to need
more pressure to do its job, but really it doesn't.
The foam once it's compressed,
which doesn't take a lot of pressure starts to go to work.
So, if you find that you're maybe not getting results
as fast as you'd like with your Nano
or maybe you're struggling to maintain rotation
even with that red 12 millimeter adapter,
try lightening up the pressure just a little bit,
pay very close attention to the sidewall of foam,
make sure it's not more than 50% compressed.
So hopefully that's helpful
for those of you out there with a Nano
and those of you who are considering getting a Nano
for yourself.
There's a few simple things that can be confusing
'cause a lot of parts in this kit, a lot of versatility,
but armed with this information
hopefully you're gonna get better results.
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