Flex PE8

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Question about the Flex PE8. It is a rotary not a da, with smaller 3" or less pads, what it the risk of burning through the paint, or leaving buffer trails? I am looking for something smaller to go with my GG6 with 5.5" BOSS pads. I like the iBird Nano, it can't justify the $600 price.
 
Youre correct, the pe-8 is a rotary with 1-3" attachments. I guess theres a chance of burning if not careful. I recently sold mine, didnt like the on tirgger. It was awkwardly placed. I ended up getting a nano. I cant place a link but if you pm me I can advise you where to get smaller backing plates for your current machines (gg6)
 
You can burn through the paint with a PE 8 faster than you can cough if you put it on a faster speed. I practiced with it on junkers and could never get the hang of it. Nano IMO blows it away in terms of versatility and safety.
 
I really liked my PE8. I got an ibird so I'm selling it but it works great. You really don't need high speed to get correction. I let my neighbor use it on the roof of his Honda. He had it on midrange speeds with quite a bit of pressure and didn't do any damage. It's a pretty safe machine, you just have to use common sense.
 
I like mine, 1",2" & 3" backing plates. starting to see more pad choices. For the small price and size, I'll keep using it.
I run it on 1 only. Plus watch the pad compression.
 
The PE-8, along with the below
accessories, brings nothing but
pure joy to me.

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Bob
 
I can't say enough great things about the Flex PE-8. It's very effective and I wouldn't trade it for anything. The Rupes Nano looks neat and I'm sure it's a great tool too.

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I have the pe-8 and 1",2",3" plates and pads. I have used it for paint and aluminum polishing with great results like DaveT435 mentioned using lower speeds and proper polish combinations it is fool proof.
 
Be very careful with a rotary on plastic painted panels! I run mine slower and always COOLER on plastics.
 
As its a rotary, you just step down your pad and polish combo when using it to correct areas. For the areas I usually use it; speed 1 with the green or black foam with HD polish or Optimum Hyper polish with 1" pad. I only use the 3" setup when spot compounding, headlights, glass polishing, and other heavy cutting tasks.
 
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