Flexible tools for FILLING & SANDING

Filling & Sanding in general

„Fairing a curve is one of the hardest things to do when prepping for a new paint job. “

„It's by far, the hardest and most time consuming element of boat restoration and the

learning curve is steep.“

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About us

Flexicat fairing tools have brought the pain of fairing a perfect curve and flat surfaces within

reach of just about anyone.

Both concave and convex surfaces are equally attainable with the same tools and the result is a near perfect surface after a single application of

fairing filler.

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History of the company

2007 Establishment of the company

2008 Red Dot Award

2009 The Million Business Idea

2010 Distribution to more than 40 countries

2011

2012 New product line with the dust extraction

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Application

When fairing a curved surface, the application of the fairing filler often gets overlooked. The old stand-by is to use plastic spreaders to apply the filler using your hands and eyes to figure out the proper amount and placement of the filler. The next step is to sand the surface using a flexible fairing board to sand the surface fair. In this scenario, it is the fairing board that does the lion's share of the work.

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FLEXICAT TOOLS

The tools are identical except for the hook and loop surface on the sanding tool. The construction of the

tools are unique to the industry.

It's basically a flexible surface with a handle at each end to “drive” the tool.

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When conforming the traditional long board to a curved surface, uneven pressure is put at the ends of the tool. This creates an imperfect surface. In other words, if you're sanding the side of a curved hull with a long board, when you look at the sandpaper you've been using, you'll see that it's clogged up at each end, but the middle portion of the paper is pretty clean. That's because the pressure is directly under where your hands are.

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What Flexicat tools do, by use of a double gimbaled construction, is spread the pressure evenly over the whole sanding surface of the tool. Instead of your sand paper getting loaded up at the outer ends and the middle portion under performing, the full surface of the sandpaper is making equal contact on the work surface.

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For professionals and DIYs alike, the expense of the tools are more than offset by the savings in

materials and man hours.

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Apply it once, sand it once, that's it.

Imagine a world where you can mix up your filler, glop it onto the surface of the boat, then take the filling tool and, with a single pass, have it evenly and perfectly applied without requiring multiple rounds of filling, then sanding, then filling, then

sanding... You're done. The surface is fair and you're ready to move on to

the next step in the painting process.www.flexicat-tools.com

The easiest way to perfect surfaces

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