Just ordered a rupes LHR 15es from AG on ebay.....have some questions. Thin Pro?

Finick said:
What do you do with your mt300 nowadays? I'm actually kind of in the position where I wish I had just shelled out the extra money for a g15 right up front, because using 3" pads with my mt300 isn't really a great experience (definitely doable, just not really enjoyable.) I also really dislike the chasis of the mt300. I really prefer the PC style bodies, and if anything, I should've got the GG6. Especially since it's cheaper.

I've been considering selling it and upgrading, but I wonder who would really be interested in buying it at this point. The yellow lettering on mine wore off pretty quickly, which was disappointing.
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My mt300 sits with a 6” bp on it for blue/black ccs pads for wax/sealant/glaze spreading. Though to be honest I’ve been using my g15 with a 5.5” blue flat pad for spreading power lock to avoid having to swap machines.

I prefer the long body machines myself. I think the only way to go up from a mt300 in power in a pc style chassis would be the rupes duetto.

I also have a gg3 that’s “good enough” with LC thinpros but I plan on upgrading to probably the rupes mini unless someone can sway me into going with the flex mini instead.


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JCDetails said:
My mt300 sits with a 6” bp on it for blue/black ccs pads for wax/sealant/glaze spreading. Though to be honest I’ve been using my g15 with a 5.5” blue flat pad for spreading power lock to avoid having to swap machines.

I prefer the long body machines myself. I think the only way to go up from a mt300 in power in a pc style chassis would be the rupes duetto.

I also have a gg3 that’s “good enough” with LC thinpros but I plan on upgrading to probably the rupes mini unless someone can sway me into going with the flex mini instead.


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That's actually what I'm kind of worried will end up happening with my mt300, honestly. I did consider getting the duetto, but it really doesn't seem to get a lot of love around the forums, with the 15/21 polishers being around.

I guess my thought process is just that if I'm going to need to use smaller pads to get around my bumpers, pillars, mirrors, etc, thoroughly, then having a machine dedicated to using 3 or 4 inch pads would probably make sense if my main machine I'm using was something like the g15. Needing to size down in pads, using my mt300 just doesn't really do it for me.

I just don't really see a scenario where having another long body tool would serve a real "purpose" other than to just collect dust.

In my head having a gg3 and a g15 just seems like a pretty solid combo for someone like me that really just does my own car and my families cars, and occasionally a buddies.
 
Finick said:
That's actually what I'm kind of worried will end up happening with my mt300, honestly. I did consider getting the duetto, but it really doesn't seem to get a lot of love around the forums, with the 15/21 polishers being around.

I guess my thought process is just that if I'm going to need to use smaller pads to get around my bumpers, pillars, mirrors, etc, thoroughly, then having a machine dedicated to using 3 or 4 inch pads would probably make sense if my main machine I'm using was something like the g15. Needing to size down in pads, using my mt300 just doesn't really do it for me.

I just don't really see a scenario where having another long body tool would serve a real "purpose" other than to just collect dust.

In my head having a gg3 and a g15 just seems like a pretty solid combo for someone like me that really just does my own car and my families cars, and occasionally a buddies.
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Imo, the gg3 is great until you get into correcting more serious swirling and scratches. It can hold its own but needs to be Run flat out speed 6 at all times with the thinnest pads you can find to stay spinning.

The mt300 with 5.5” LC thinpros is a surprisingly powerful tool. So much so that it made me second guess my g15 purchase at first. I’m still tweaking the g15 combo between pads and polishes to find the ‘knockout’ pairing but I’m getting there.

The ideal combo for me, seems to be either a g15 or rupes 15mk2, with a flex or rupes mini for the smaller sections, and either a Nano or what really has my eye is the autotriz micro rotary. It’s a flex pen attachment that connects to a rotary buffer or dremel and runs really small pads. I don’t really have a need for either of the micro tools yet, a 5.5” and a 3” da do all I need them to.

The duetto can run 5” pads and would still be a more powerful and capable companion to a 3” mini of some sort. More of a direct upgrade in the same class for the mt300 as opposed to stepping ‘up’ to a 15 or 21 machine.


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I'm just going to reiterate what others have said one here regarding pads.

I'd just use the one you have until they wear out, and from there try a dedicated long throw designed pad.

I personally don't have a preference on thick vs thin foam pads, and I also find that Rupes and Lake Country HDO pads work good with my Porter Cable. My associate even uses the HDO on his 3401.

He was looking for a pad line that would work on his Rupes 21, Flex 3401, and PC 7424xp, and those LC HDO were my recommendation.

That being said, my favorite 8mm random orbit pad is still the Lake Country Hydrotech... I talk a lot about my Buff and Shine pads, but nothing come close to the functionality I get with those Hydros. I have used them on one car with my Duetto, but I'm guessing prolonged use would destroy them. So... I just keep them on the PC.

Are you keeping the gg6?
 
dlc95 said:
I'm just going to reiterate what others have said one here regarding pads.

I'd just use the one you have until they wear out, and from there try a dedicated long throw designed pad.

I personally don't have a preference on thick vs thin foam pads, and I also find that Rupes and Lake Country HDO pads work good with my Porter Cable. My associate even uses the HDO on his 3401.

He was looking for a pad line that would work on his Rupes 21, Flex 3401, and PC 7424xp, and those LC HDO were my recommendation.

That being said, my favorite 8mm random orbit pad is still the Lake Country Hydrotech... I talk a lot about my Buff and Shine pads, but nothing come close to the functionality I get with those Hydros. I have used them on one car with my Duetto, but I'm guessing prolonged use would destroy them. So... I just keep them on the PC.

Are you keeping the gg6?
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No I think I’m letting the gg6 go


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jmeyers278 said:
No I think I’m letting the gg6 go


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I love to buy and sell stuff but I personally think you'll regret getting rid of the GG6. It's such a workhorse and versatile from the standpoint of you can convert it to a 3" DA or you can use your Rupes to correct and use the GG6 with a 6" or 5" backing plate to be a dedicated wax machine.
 
dlc95 said:
I'm just going to reiterate what others have said one here regarding pads.

I'd just use the one you have until they wear out, and from there try a dedicated long throw designed pad.

I personally don't have a preference on thick vs thin foam pads, and I also find that Rupes and Lake Country HDO pads work good with my Porter Cable. My associate even uses the HDO on his 3401.

He was looking for a pad line that would work on his Rupes 21, Flex 3401, and PC 7424xp, and those LC HDO were my recommendation.

That being said, my favorite 8mm random orbit pad is still the Lake Country Hydrotech... I talk a lot about my Buff and Shine pads, but nothing come close to the functionality I get with those Hydros. I have used them on one car with my Duetto, but I'm guessing prolonged use would destroy them. So... I just keep them on the PC.

Are you keeping the gg6?
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I concur, in addition the BnS Euro-Tec’s work on all the machines too, the maroons are really nice.
 
WaxMaster1 said:
I love to buy and sell stuff but I personally think you'll regret getting rid of the GG6. It's such a workhorse and versatile from the standpoint of you can convert it to a 3" DA or you can use your Rupes to correct and use the GG6 with a 6" or 5" backing plate to be a dedicated wax machine.
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Yea. I thought about it. I just traded it off though. I already have a gg3 for the small stuff and I would probably not drag it out to wax with. I'm going to eventually get a flex forced rotation for heavy stuff but I'm hoping the rupes will be a good all around tool. We shall see
 
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