I Polished My Car With A PC - Which One Did I Use?

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I'm might be fighting a losing battle here but I figure I will give it a shot anyway and see what happens.

I see all over the internet that people say they "Polished their car with a PC". The only problem is, I don't know which PC you are talking about.

Porter Cable makes:

PC Dual-Action (DA) Polishers
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PC Rotary Polishers
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PC Power Paint Removers
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So I have to wonder, how many people are confused when they here that someone polished their paint with a "PC"? Did you polish with a PC DA Polisher? Did you use a PC Rotary Polisher? Oh my goodness did you use a PC Power Paint Remover!?!?!?!

I think to help avoid and clear up any confusion that Detail City members should really make it a point to be very specific about what we used to polish paint. After all, this is DETAIL City.

For instance, saying "I used a PC" could leave someone VERY confused about which Porter Cable power tool that you used. Saying that you used a PC DA, PC 7424 or PC 7336 would be of tremendous help, especially to someone new to internet forums that may not be familiar with the lingo.

If you want to keep it down to two letters, I think that DA would be more helpful than PC. At least we would know what "kind" of tool was used and not just which brand of tool was used.

Of course, this is just my opinion but I do think that we should be trend starters here and start good trends that will be helpful to others.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Travis
 
GregCavi said:
The PC here @ DC is understood as the PC DA machine.

Greg
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That's my point. It's understood by YOU, but what about someone new to the site? Don't we owe it to them to be more specific? Isn't the PC-7428 a PC too?

Oh well, I might not be able to change the world but hopefully this thread will be found by people that are looking for information and maybe, just maybe, it might help someone that is confused.
 
Porter Cable 7428 is a rotary

The topic is a Dual Action polisher .That is the one used by many here..
 
i know what your trying to say. I have a friend who used to detail a few cars when he was the lot boy at a dealership. i was talking to him and i was like i just bought a porter cable and he's like u got a table saw ? Its something that to the outside world that's not always understood however being that this is a detailing forum it is a given that pc=porter cable much like lol= laugh out load or jk= just kidding. It's computer talk
 
CalgaryDetail said:
I know what your trying to say. I have a friend who used to detail a few cars when he was the lot boy at a dealership. i was talking to him and i was like i just bought a porter cable and he's like u got a table saw ? Its something that to the outside world that's not always understood however being that this is a detailing forum it is a given that pc=porter cable much like lol= laugh out load or jk= just kidding. It's computer talk
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My whole point being, I think it would be better to use the term DA to describe a dual-action polisher than to use PC to describe it becuase of that fact that Porter Cable makes ALOT of tools besides the the DA. Then the "computer talk" can be more helpful to people.
 
I can see what you are saying but the two of them are easily distinguishable. If someone uses a rotary, they'll usually say "Rotary" not Makita 9977 (or whaterver) or Hitachi, Dewalt, etc and if someone uses a Porter Cable Dual Action they usually refer to it as the PC. The acronym 'PC' is listed as Porter Cable Dual Action Polisher in Jaybs95 acronym list, if confusion were to arise I suppose.
 
budman3 said:
I can see what you are saying but the two of them are easily distinguishable. If someone uses a rotary, they'll usually say "Rotary" not Makita 9977 (or whaterver) or Hitachi, Dewalt, etc and if someone uses a Porter Cable Dual Action they usually refer to it as the PC. The acronym 'PC' is listed as Porter Cable Dual Action Polisher in Jaybs95 acronym list, if confusion were to arrise I suppose.
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With that reasoning, why don't people say I used my MAK, DW or HT? But what do they say when they use a rotary made by Porter Cable? Can they say they used their PC?

Don't you think that there is a double-standard here? People say they used a rotary because they used a rotary. So why not say you used a DA when you used a dual-action machine? Oh well, like I said, I know this is like fighting a losing battle.

The member that told his friend he got a PC and his friend thought he got a new table saw proved my entire point. Time for me to just put up the white flag, give up and realize that folks are going to keep on doing what they've been doing.

Later,

Travis
 
i know that you are right but on most detailing forums people know that the PC is a DA.
BTW i have heard someone use DW.
 
sneek said:
i know that you are right but on most detailing fourms people know that the PC is a DA.
BTW i have heard someone use DW.
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But WHICH DW were they talking about???

Dewalt makes a dual-action polisher too.

The whole reason that I started this thread was because I have seen people get confused and I wanted to see if others were willing to start a new trend and make a change to end the confusion. If you called Porter Cable and said you had question about a PC I bet they would ask you which one cause everything that they make is a PC.
 
Hmmm. Why don't we make sure we change the name of a sandwich from ham and cheese to ham and swiss cheese? Maybe because most understand it a certain way, and if question arises people just ask..

Woah! Just re-read my post and it sounded a bit harsh. My bad. But yea I can see myself saying DA in instead of PC, for about 2 weeks and then Ill forget. lol
 
Isn't there a saying "It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks" or something like that? I can remember when I first signed up, I was so confused. It took some time but I was finally able to know what people were talking about. It isn't just this site either- Autogeek and other sites have used the acronym PC as well. With all respect I know what you are saying and it is a good idea but I just don't see it happening.
 
budman3 said:
Isn't there a saying "It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks" or something like that? I can remember when I first signed up, I was so confused. It took some time but I was finally able to know what people were talking about. It isn't just this site either- Autogeek and other sites have used the acronym PC as well. With all respect I know what you are saying and it is a good idea but I just don't see it happening.
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Why don't you see it happening? Don't you agree that it could help make things less confusing? I was confused before, very confused! Why not take steps to make the site better than the rest?
 
Blinded, your point is well taken though I don't see this label changing anytime in the near future. It's been labled this way on too many forums and in too many discussions for too long. This is a battle that isn't worth fighting.
 
GearHead_1 said:
Blinded, your point is well taken though I don't see this label changing anytime in the near future. It's been labled this way on too many forums and in too many discussions for too long. This is a battle that isn't worth fighting.
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The fact that this thread even exists may help someone in the future that may be confused by the status quo.

Wouldn't you agree?
 
It might assuming people use the search function. I was a rotary user for many years, long before I even knew there was a PC out there. I was trying to remember back a few years ago when I was learning about the PC. I think that as I read a few threads it became quite clear what people were talking about. That said I've detailed cars for well over 2 decades and understand the lingo. It might be different for someone who is approaching this world as a beginner.
 
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