[Mike Phillips]

Originally Posted by Mr Sunshine

Will do ... Coming down next week

Let me know what day when you have it figured out...

Originally Posted by professionalpolishing

Foam doesn't work well in gel coat because it makes to much heat and tends to leave a haze.

While I agree with the above, I'm not 100% for sure it's the heat that's the issue causing the haze. It could be more just the nature of the foam?

One thing for sure, gel-coats really like fiber pads, both wool cutting and wool finishing or polishing pads.

Originally Posted by Mr Sunshine

Thanks ... Is the flex worth the extra money vs Makita ??

The Flex PE14 is my favorite rotary buffer and I'm fortunate to have the #2 serial number of production units as a gift from Bob Eichelberg the President of Flex Tools North America. My employer, Max owns the #1 production unit.

I don't say I like the Flex PE14 because Bob at Flex gave me the #2 unit I say it because I like the compact size and lightweight features.

I always reach for it first when buffing out cars and boats. Flex says you can use up to a 8" buffing pad with it but I tend to stick with 6.5" and 7" pads that we carry from Lake Country.

When you buff for extended periods of time the tool will get hot and an internal circuit that monitors heat will turn the power to the tool off until the motor cools down. I don't know of any other rotary buffer that offers this built-in safety feature. As far as lightweight, compact rotary buffers go this is my tool of choice.

When it comes to a full size model, I cut my teeth on the Makita Rotary Buffer but I did a comparison between Makita and the new DeWALT 849X and the in my opinion, the DeWALT 849X offers more features and benefit than the Makita.

I'll post my review over here today...