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Accumulator · 05-14-08, 08:18

I find this topic interesting as I've often wondered what I'd do if I were somehow unable to detail our vehicles

I dunno...correcting paint is something you don't want botched up and I wouldn't want somebody learning on *my* vehicle; so telling somebody to use unfamiliar abrasive products sounds risky. But if somebody said there were gonna correct my S8 with something I'd never heard of (or had a low opinion of), I'd sure think twice about letting them do it.

So I can see this from both sides...but it's not like Menzerna is some snake oil product. I don't use it, but if somebody who's familiar with it wanted to use it on my vehicles I wouldn't really have a good argument why they oughta use my beloved 3M/1Z stuff instead and I'd be forcing them to ride a whole new learning curve- on *my* paint.

When ebpcivicsi did my Denali XL (long story why), he used compounds and polishes that I don't use (Meg's and Menzerna). OK by me for the above reasons. I did have him do a 845/476S LSP job, and he ended up loving the stuff and adding it to his arsenal. So he and I were able to find a middle ground that worked out for both of us. If the pro and the (opinionated/knowledgeable) customer can't come to an agreement like that, it wouldn't surprise me if one or both ended up unhappy.

05-14-08, 08:18	#20 (permalink)
Accumulator Practical Perfectionist Accumulator is offline Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 20,415	Re: Anyone been in this situation before? I find this topic interesting as I've often wondered what I'd do if I were somehow unable to detail our vehicles I dunno...correcting paint is something you don't want botched up and I wouldn't want somebody learning on my vehicle; so telling somebody to use unfamiliar abrasive products sounds risky. But if somebody said there were gonna correct my S8 with something I'd never heard of (or had a low opinion of), I'd sure think twice about letting them do it. So I can see this from both sides...but it's not like Menzerna is some snake oil product. I don't use it, but if somebody who's familiar with it wanted to use it on my vehicles I wouldn't really have a good argument why they oughta use my beloved 3M/1Z stuff instead and I'd be forcing them to ride a whole new learning curve- on my paint. When ebpcivicsi did my Denali XL (long story why), he used compounds and polishes that I don't use (Meg's and Menzerna). OK by me for the above reasons. I did have him do a 845/476S LSP job, and he ended up loving the stuff and adding it to his arsenal. So he and I were able to find a middle ground that worked out for both of us. If the pro and the (opinionated/knowledgeable) customer can't come to an agreement like that, it wouldn't surprise me if one or both ended up unhappy.