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Flex xc 3401 (can it replace these 3 polishers)
Can it replace all 3 of my current polishers?
Porter cable
Meg's mt300
Makita rotary
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Re: Flex xc 3401 (can it replace these 3 polishers)
It can replace all 3 but it deosnt hurt to have a rotary in your arsenal at all times.
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Re: Flex xc 3401 (can it replace these 3 polishers)
For heavy work, nothing can beat a rotary in the right hands.
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Re: Flex xc 3401 (can it replace these 3 polishers)
•IMO:
-No
•Even when considering the near
redundancy of having the two DAs
(nice to always have a back-up):
-No
•Keep the Rotary: Yes.
-(If for no other reason than "jeweling")
Bob
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
~Joaquin de Setanti
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Re: Flex xc 3401 (can it replace these 3 polishers)
You will need the Makita in situations where the 3401 doesn't have enough oomph.
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Re: Flex xc 3401 (can it replace these 3 polishers)
Well the Maktia is my go to whenever I do boats but as we all know it's so heavy to work with. Me and my crew have never worked with any flex or rupes and we just got a good quote on 3 of these Flex xc 3401 so I didn't know if I should take it or not and get rid of the other buffers just wanted everyone's opinion on it before I made a decision because even tho it's a good deal it's still a decent amount of $ to spend.
I think I'll just buy one and see how I personally like it first then have to get back to him about it.
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Re: Flex xc 3401 (can it replace these 3 polishers)
A 3401 isn't going to replace a rotary especially on gelcoats.
I would keep them all!
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Re: Flex xc 3401 (can it replace these 3 polishers)
If you ever encounter a situation where there is sanding, the rotary will be your friend there too. Imagine a situation where your customer decides to wet sand his car with 1000/1500, and all you have is the Flex. Gonna be a hard road to hope without a good strong rotary.
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Flex & the rotary. Great 1-2 punch. Just did a really bad hood yesterday that would have taken forever with the flex. Still took a while with the rotary but came out nice.
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Re: Flex xc 3401 (can it replace these 3 polishers)
I would keep them all.
The Flex 3401 will not replace a rotary and you can get a smaller backing plate for one of the DAs and put 3" pads on it for small areas.
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