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The Graphic Equalizer Analogy to Polishing Paint
The Graphic Equalizer Analogy to Polishing Paint
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
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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i go back to arai and marantz equilizers and amps. oh i am sooo old
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I've got a passive eq hooked up to my Onkyo surround sound, it makes a big difference.
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I had that Pyramid EQ back in the day...
2006 Honda Ridgeline Nighthawk Black Pearl with the wonderful soft Honda clear....
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Originally Posted by daveinsweethome
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!
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I used Hifonics amps exclusively for years...wouldn't touch them now with a ten foot pole. Wish I had kept my Olympus
2006 Honda Ridgeline Nighthawk Black Pearl with the wonderful soft Honda clear....
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I still remember vinyl. Which purists still say is better than cds.
Cliff
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Wow I think this is the first thread I have ever seen that went off topic with every post after the OP
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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
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