Rotary needed for oxidation?

[The Apprentice]

Honestly a rotary isn't that hard to use. It is all about common sense and paying attention. For some reason people have to post making using a rotary so difficult and causing damage. Like I said above common sense and paying attention will go along way in using any tool. A rotary will reduce your correction time, actually make the finish look nicer and you can use a wool pad. Hope this helps, if you have any other questions ask away.

I couldn't agree with you more.

The rotary has a bad image because it was mainly used with the wool pad, which could get really hot and induce serious swirls. With the invention of cutting pads and fine compounds, the rotary is able to [almost] duplicate results achieved only with the wool pads without causing too much hazes and swirls.

With an orange cutting pad, the rotary literally has to be at the same spot for [roughly] over 10 seconds to start burning the clear coat. You wouldn't even do that with a PC at speed 5 anyway. Anybody with common sense would never do that.

[Bradshaw]

Could be acid rain, hard to say, you can throw the kitchen sink at acid rain and it will just smile at you. On some hoods I've spent 1-2 hours alone just getting it to my standards, even with the right tools it can take alot of time, so keep that in mind. Like Rocket said, rotary is not to be feared but respected.