Beemerboy
Just One More Coat
In light of recent threads, something struck me about reading up about detailing. One poster talked about pad density in relationship to the abrasives of the polish the PH balance in soaps, etc.
It got me thinking about those braineacts that write up equations on a chalk board that look like Albert Einstein did it
What really stuck me was, is there a fine balance in reading about detailing -vs- practical hands on application.
For me over the last 30 years or so, I've not read much about detailing...until the invention of the net. There simply wasn't that much in print that I knew of, so hand on experience was all that I had to learn by.
Today I think there is a fine line in reading up about what others are doing, DC has opened my eyes to lots of products and processes that I hadn't considered or knew about.
I stand firm in that there is no substitution for hands on experience. Nothing will teach you faster about a rotary buffer when you realize how fast you can burn threw paint with it...(don't ask)
The same is true when you used an acid based wheel cleaner for the first time on clear coated or polished aluminum rims
I guess you could have read about this prior, but would that give you the experience?
I tend to think not.
Is understand the exact temperature at which PB SSR2.5 starts to break down important? and why? or that you know from experience that your Edge polishing pad with your rotary spinning at 1200 RPM with a quarter sized amount and four passes over the panel take the swirls out?
I guess that for me, with the years that I have in detailing, when I read about a process or product. I can apply that in my detailing but the hands on experience greatly helps me to understand it better. The knowledge itself is not enough is what I am saying
My question to DCers is understanding the detail process from an academic stand point important than the actual hands on experience? or is there a fine line between the two?
It got me thinking about those braineacts that write up equations on a chalk board that look like Albert Einstein did it
What really stuck me was, is there a fine balance in reading about detailing -vs- practical hands on application.
For me over the last 30 years or so, I've not read much about detailing...until the invention of the net. There simply wasn't that much in print that I knew of, so hand on experience was all that I had to learn by.
Today I think there is a fine line in reading up about what others are doing, DC has opened my eyes to lots of products and processes that I hadn't considered or knew about.
I stand firm in that there is no substitution for hands on experience. Nothing will teach you faster about a rotary buffer when you realize how fast you can burn threw paint with it...(don't ask
)The same is true when you used an acid based wheel cleaner for the first time on clear coated or polished aluminum rims
I guess you could have read about this prior, but would that give you the experience?
I tend to think not.
Is understand the exact temperature at which PB SSR2.5 starts to break down important? and why? or that you know from experience that your Edge polishing pad with your rotary spinning at 1200 RPM with a quarter sized amount and four passes over the panel take the swirls out?
I guess that for me, with the years that I have in detailing, when I read about a process or product. I can apply that in my detailing but the hands on experience greatly helps me to understand it better. The knowledge itself is not enough is what I am saying
My question to DCers is understanding the detail process from an academic stand point important than the actual hands on experience? or is there a fine line between the two?
