The Graphic Equalizer Analogy to Polishing Paint

[Mike Phillips]

The Graphic Equalizer Analogy to Polishing Paint (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/29315-graphic-equalizer-analogy-polishing-paint.html)


Mike Pennington, the Director of Training for Meguiar's, gave me this analogy a long time ago so I want to give him credit for it because it's a good analogy BUT you have to be old enough to remember Graphic Equalizers.

Graphic Equalizers
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The analogy being that you can adjust your pad, product, tool and technique just like you can adjust music using a graphic equalizer and when everything is dialed-in perfect for the paint you're working on you'll get the results you're looking for.

It does mean sometimes playing around a little to find the perfect combination of products and procedures kind of like adjusting a graphic equalizer for a single song so it sounds perfect to your ears.

When everything is right... you'll make beautiful music or in this case you create a show car finish.

Of course in order to experiment it means you need to have more than one product in your arsenal of detailing products.

Usually, a good compound, a couple of polishes with correction ability, a finishing polish and some LSP's, this could include cleaner/waxes and finishing waxes.

Clay, Car Wash, Microfiber Towels and if you work by machine then a variety of buffing pads and if you work by hand then a variety of hand applicator pads.


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[daveinsweethome]

i go back to arai and marantz equilizers and amps. oh i am sooo old

[Scott DeBrun]

I've got a passive eq hooked up to my Onkyo surround sound, it makes a big difference.

[evilwrx]

I had that Pyramid EQ back in the day...

[RaskyR1]

i go back to arai and marantz equilizers and amps. oh i am sooo old

Soundstream amps and Hifonics EQ for me. ;)



Great Analogy Mike! :)

[evilwrx]

I used Hifonics amps exclusively for years...wouldn't touch them now with a ten foot pole. Wish I had kept my Olympus:bash:

[Cliffnopus]

I still remember vinyl. Which purists still say is better than cds.

Cliff

[Dubbin1]

Wow I think this is the first thread I have ever seen that went off topic with every post after the OP :)

[nirmaljusdoit]

Nice analogy Mike !

What a perfect comparison, as different people use different settings to arrive at the music they way they want it to sound ! I remember as a kid fiddling with all those various knobs, only now to fiddle with them digitally :)

The road to detailing perfection is never ending, whats important is to enjoy every step of the journey :dblthumb2:

[ESSO]

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[RaskyR1]

Wow I think this is the first thread I have ever seen that went off topic with every post after the OP :)


Hey I stayed on topic for part of my post! :D

[Dr Oldz]

Great Analogy! It can also be said that what I like and works for me may not work for you! (perhaps I like more bass that sounds perfect to me while you prefer more treble)

[kimtyson]

What if I'm deaf?

[Mike Phillips]

Great Analogy Mike!



Thank you but just to note... I make it a practice to always give due credit where credit is due. In this case, Mike Pennington shared this analogy with me while I was at Meguiar's so I give him credit.

And I agree, it is a good analogy. I also included this in my first how-to book and also in the book gave him credit.





Nice analogy Mike !



See above...




Great Analogy!

It can also be said that what I like and works for me may not work for you!




Exactly.


And just to add to that train of thought...

While we all come together to this forum to discuss detailing, each of us lives and details cars in vastly different climates and work environments

Temperature and humidity as well the environment you work in can and will affect how products work and thus explains the variety of opinions from one spectrum to the opposite spectrum that we all see on the forum all the time.



:)

[Mike Phillips]

What if I'm deaf?




I have a friend who was deaf but now can hear through technology, his name is Alfred and he's attended my Detailing Boot Camp Class and I'm proud to say he's a VERY successful detailer and an inspiration to everyone who comes in contact with him.

The lesson to learn is to never give up, always challenge yourself to overcome any disability or roadblock that confronts you.


Here's Alfred at our first Cars & Coffee presenting Bob with a book that's about his story.


Pictures: 1st Cars & Coffee at Autogeek (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/company-forum-news-headlines/79028-pictures-1st-cars-coffee-autogeek.html)


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And with a forum like AGO you'll find high caliber people that will always help you along the way....

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