Mike Phillips
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- Dec 5, 2022
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I would just chime in to say the FLEX XFE 15 is primarily for finishing work not correction work. Thus the name Finisher.
I once tried to use it to do correction work and while "yes" it did work it didn't work as fast or as effective as the FLEX 3401 aka the BEAST.
Then I "thought about it" and realized I expected too much from a tool intended to do the finishing step not the correction step. And as I've posted here recently in another thread somewhere, that I have found that when all other factors and controls are the same, free spinning random orbital polishers will tend to finish out nicer on a wider spectrum of paint systems than any gear-driven orbital polisher. It's just the nature of the gear-driven aspect of the tool and some softer, more finicky paints.
Does anyone remember where that thread is?

I once tried to use it to do correction work and while "yes" it did work it didn't work as fast or as effective as the FLEX 3401 aka the BEAST.
Then I "thought about it" and realized I expected too much from a tool intended to do the finishing step not the correction step. And as I've posted here recently in another thread somewhere, that I have found that when all other factors and controls are the same, free spinning random orbital polishers will tend to finish out nicer on a wider spectrum of paint systems than any gear-driven orbital polisher. It's just the nature of the gear-driven aspect of the tool and some softer, more finicky paints.
Does anyone remember where that thread is?
