Question about FK1000P name

Boden

Boden

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I`m a bit puzzled and maybe one of y`all can enlighten me.

This is FK 1000P
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This is FK BWM101
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Why the name swap?
 

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FK1000P was created as a mold release product for manufacturing processes before someone had the bright idea to use it as a synthetic car wax. It`s the same stuff in a different tin.
 
`PRND[S said:
;2111235`]FK1000P was created as a mold release product for manufacturing processes before someone had the bright idea to use it as a synthetic car wax. It`s the same stuff in a different tin.
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I`m familiar with the mold release 1000P and the boat wax BWM101 it`s just strange than the entire auto detailing world uses the wrong name for a product.

I called Finish Kare a few minutes ago and asked them if they had any idea why the names were mixed up. They had no idea. :)
 
IIRC, FK1000P was developed specifically as a competitor to M16, the Black Sheep of the Family`s way of sticking it to them. IIRC, it was possibly M16 that was originally developed as an early version of Meg`s Mold Release Wax before it was marketed as a Car Wax in the late `50s.

For the straight story, I`m certain that Ketch would know whether I`m misremembering about the FK (he worked with Floyd and is probably where I heard about the M16 competitor bit), and Mike would probably know about the M16.
 
Boden- Sounds like there`s been a passing of generations at FK, used to be plenty of people there who worked directly with Floyd...who certainly, uhm....went his own way all through his life.

For one thing, Floyd *LOVED* the "part number" product designations, and *hated* the idea of names like "Great White"/etc.
 
Accumulator said:
Boden- Sounds like there`s been a passing of generations at FK, used to be plenty of people there who worked directly with Floyd...who certainly, uhm....went his own way all through his life.

For one thing, Floyd *LOVED* the "part number" product designations, and *hated* the idea of names like "Great White"/etc.
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I`m sure that`s an interesting story about competing products. I would love to hear that story.

I`m curious why in the auto "world" BWM101 is called 1000P? It took me a while to notice. In the boat world BWM101 aka hi-temp paste wax is called by the correct name. In the mold making world 1000P aka hi-low is also correctly used.

Just seems strange that the mistake is so ````genized across car people.

edit: the forum is screwing up the word ````genized.

As in ````genized milk
 
Boden- Short version: Floyd Meguiar was the Black Sheep of the Meguiar family and was gonna show `em a thing or two. Which, in his mind at least, he did.

Heh heh, IMO there isn`t really a "correct"/not name for the stuff, it`s called whatever whomever is calling it in whatever context. Ya could go nuts trying to formalize it ;)

Floyd liked "FK1000p" and that what he wanted it called, regardless of the application. E.g., that "Big White, Marine" was a marketing idea that took hold a lot more firmly once he passed. I got the feeling FK thought they`d sell a lot more of it for boats than they were selling for cars.

Eh...I never really quizzed Ron K. about the whole thing, and I generally didn`t broach the subject of FK/Meguiar rivalry as Ron was at AutoInt/ValuGard by the time I got to know him... and I try to avoid such stuff anyhow. Floyd was a, uhm...different...sort of guy from what I gather and much as I tend to esteem him I take it he wasn`t the easiest boss to get along with.

Who knows, maybe Ron`ll see this thread...he doesn`t post here any more but does occasionally take a peek. I`m not gonna bug him about it, if only because I feel guilty about not keeping in touch better :o
 
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Boden said:
I`m sure that`s an interesting story about competing products. I would love to hear that story.

I`m curious why in the auto "world" BWM101 is called 1000P? It took me a while to notice. In the boat world BWM101 aka hi-temp paste wax is called by the correct name. In the mold making world 1000P aka hi-low is also correctly used.

Just seems strange that the mistake is so ````genized across car people.

edit: the forum is screwing up the word ````genized.

As in ````genized milk
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nickclark08 said:
Forum automatically blocks the first four letters of that word (even when used in a "normal" word) for slur prevention.
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Get me going about that kind of PC [stuff], and yeah I have plenty of G.A.Y. friends and acquaintances who think I`m at least sensitive enough to the feelings of others ("at least" because I sure do err on the side of bleeding-heart caution). There oughta be a simple "IF [other characters] follow THEN not-slur" type test in the code for such stuff...
 
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