jimamary said:
Well, I tend to stay away from their products...
Mostly because of the arrogant attitude of the marketing staff. They are *always* sure that their product is appropriate in any situation... this was true most recently at 'both' SEMA booths. Don't ya think most of Mike Phillips' posts fit that category/?
Jim
Hi Jim,
If you or anyone would ever like to see where I'm coming from, you can read my thoughts on the subject of
products, and
paint polishing systems here,
http://www.showcargarage.com/forum/announcement.php?s=&forumid=38
If you think I come off as arrogant, then I’ll take a little more time when I post messages to do my best to check my attitude at the door. Like Billy Joel says,
"You could be right"
I think I'm one of those
Type A, personalities, in that I like everything in a box, or in this case, I prefer to
stay inside a system, (kind of like a painter), that's one of the reasons I like Meguiar's, they offer a complete and well thought-out system, (in my opinion).
I especially like how their system starts with an electronics grade
Finishing Paper, (not sanding paper), that in my opinion, beats everybody else’s system right from the get-go.
If you like to go from brand xyz products to compound or clean the paint first, and then switch to brand abc products for polishing next, ending your process by topping with brand 123 wax or polish go for it. But that doesn't work for me. I guess I'm just
system oriented. I like the idea of the
same chemists developing products to compliment each other, with each subsequent product building off the results of the previous product and procedure. I call this a
Synergistic Compatibility
Best of all, (at least for me), I always get great results when I stay inside their system.
Like I always say...
"Find something you like and use it often".
Below is a finished picture of a Corvette I buffed out over the weekend, just another car that a
system approach worked for me. I finished the job at 10:30pm and all of my photos in the owners garage make the car look black, (its not a well lit garage). The owner pulled the car out into the sun yesterday and took some photos for me, the one below is his photo.
By the way, the paint on this car is 32 years old. It is a single stage acrylic enamel metallic finish. When buffing on single stage metallic finishes, you have to be very careful not to remove to much paint in any one area or you will create
light and
dark areas referred to as
Tiger Stripes, (from the back and forth pattern of the rotary buffer).
The original owner of this 396/Turbojet Corvette Stingray told me a
fake version of this car sold for over $125,000.00 at Barrett-Jackson auction this year, so when I buff cars like this out… I don’t have the time, or money to make a mistake. I need a system that will work right the first time.
Detailed write-up will be here tomorrow
) and has always been, long before he joined Meguiar's. 