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    Re: Time to upgrade my polisher. Advice needed.

    The comment about 8mm DA being "better suited" to soft paints is akin to the comment Autopian All-star Mike lambert made about the new G9 and its 9mm throw being better suited to today`s ultra-thin finishes (clear coat & paint) being used with modern vehicle production. He would put this new G9 up against any 15mm throw machine (his words, not mine) in terms of correction and over-all finishing. Mitigating damage to ultra-thin finishes (AKA, burn-through) during necessary detailing correction and polishing to the vehicle finish at some time by anyone is paramount to having a vehicle`s finish outlive or last as long as the vehicle loan payment on a 60-to-84 month (5 to 7 years) loan.

    DaveT435:
    What kind of problems did you have with your Rupes polishers and were they ever resolved? Sounds like not, since you got rid of the Bigfoot MarkIII 15mm. I am curious because Rupes has such a good reputation by Autopian members, both professional and hobbyists, who own and use them.
    GB detailer

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    Re: Time to upgrade my polisher. Advice needed.

    Desertnate- Just wanna commend you on really thinking this through and taking the time/effort to make the right decision.

    Dr Oldz- Hey, that`s interesting about using the Flex 3401 (and/or other aggressive units) with an AIO, never would`ve thunk of it, but then I never like the finish it leaves...*never*..(even on my hard clears). I bet the AIOs do much better correction with something like that (mine basically give *zero* correction).

    Different people sure do have different experiences with this stuff!

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    Re: Time to upgrade my polisher. Advice needed.

    To add: I’m not saying my Flex Finisher doesn’t finish well on all soft paints. It usually does amazing TBH. It’s just a few rare cases. I’d say it works amazing on 98-99% of the time. Those damn soft sticky paints can be troublesome.

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    Re: Time to upgrade my polisher. Advice needed.

    Dr Oldz- My heart goes out to you guys who have to work on those problematic paints! I`d simply...well...heh heh, no thanks

 

 
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