Time to step up to a rotary
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Old Pirate
AMG Classic Car Detailing
Wish we still sold them, great bang for the buck!
imported_Tuscarora Dave
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I love my Makita and have run the Hitachi too, The Hitachi I think is a bit lighter and the guy who owned it uses it to earn his daily living with a constant flow of details through his shop and he highly reccommends it. He said it has a 5 year warrantee also.
imported_Tuscarora Dave
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you can buy the Vector at Pep Boys for around $79.
xconwrathx
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I've used a Makita in the past, and it worked great. Was about 5-6 years old when it started to burn out. Kinda heavy though, but you can just call that exercise at work!
If I were to get a new rotary, I would get a Flex, just to try something new.
If I were to get a new rotary, I would get a Flex, just to try something new.
imported_Luster
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Don't the Flex Rotary and the Flex DA rotate counter-clockwise? To me, that's backwards!
imported_96 Z-Ragtop
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TOGWT
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Orbital Buffer or Rotary Polisher
There is a place for both a random orbital buffer and a high speed polisher in a detailer?s toolkit, once you are proficient with an orbital all that is required to ?step-up' to the polisher is practice, practice and then more practice, which should be done on a scrap vehicle panel as opposed to your own or someone else?s vehicle
Sometimes a dual-action polisher just isn?t enough for really tough scratches and swirls. You need the cutting power of a rotary polisher to penetrate the clear coat and smooth over rough edges to restore your paint to its original flawless finish.
Scale 1/10
Random Orbital -7424XP
Safety - 9
Correcting time-10
Correcting ability-5
Learning curve-2
Flex XC3401VRG
Safety-8
Correcting time -8
Correcting ability -7.5
Learning curve- 5
Rotary - Makita 9227
Safety - 3
Correcting time -5
Correcting ability -9.5
Learning curve - 8
Note: If you have extensive experience with a random orbital machine the learning curve will be greatly reduced
There is a place for both a random orbital buffer and a high speed polisher in a detailer?s toolkit, once you are proficient with an orbital all that is required to ?step-up' to the polisher is practice, practice and then more practice, which should be done on a scrap vehicle panel as opposed to your own or someone else?s vehicle
Sometimes a dual-action polisher just isn?t enough for really tough scratches and swirls. You need the cutting power of a rotary polisher to penetrate the clear coat and smooth over rough edges to restore your paint to its original flawless finish.
Scale 1/10
Random Orbital -7424XP
Safety - 9
Correcting time-10
Correcting ability-5
Learning curve-2
Flex XC3401VRG
Safety-8
Correcting time -8
Correcting ability -7.5
Learning curve- 5
Rotary - Makita 9227
Safety - 3
Correcting time -5
Correcting ability -9.5
Learning curve - 8
Note: If you have extensive experience with a random orbital machine the learning curve will be greatly reduced