Detailing: a science or an art

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indiej

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Is detailing a science or an art (or both)?



To me it's mostly a science. learning products and methods, and tricks. I've yet to feel that it's an art and if it is, maybe just a small part of it.



your thoughts and why..
 
I think there is an artsy aspect to it, you have to pick the right combos for the canvas.
 
I say it's a combo of science, skill, and knowledge.....some of the holograms I've seen sure look like art though! :D
 
putting holograms is the art of persuading to be detailed (maybe for free) by those who can't stand it :madgrin:



one can usually just say that a car is masterfully/expertly detailed rather than artistically
 
I've never considered it to be either science or art :nixweiss Not to say that the scientific method doesn't apply, and there are differing opinions about what "art" is anyhow.



Aw geeze, now don't anybody take the preceding as some kind of insult or anything...
 
no, for sure nothing negative. there is no question that a lot of science is in it. maybe my question should be if and how people see it as an art. i guess it takes extreme masters to let the art aspect shine through. SLD you might be onto something there :)
 
A combination of the two. You have to understand paint and polishes to know what to use and some artistry to be able to take a swirled canvas and make it look great again.
 
Speaking as someone new to detailing a lot of the before and after improvements definately make it seem like an art form.
 
so it's in the before and afters that it is artful; in the collective result of the individual detailing processes. tough.



looks like one idea is making a canvass painting look fresh, blank and unused.
 
If you were to ask Kevin (originally posted as Kenny) Brown, there is NO ONE better to explain the science behind this art (craft?). For the "gifted" detailers (yes, they truly are gifted) who have applied their abilities to this "art" and then shared their techniques with us within this forum, I have to give a big "Thanks" in appreciation. Thre are alot of "wannabes" within this forum and who wouldn't like to be like (you pick the Autopia All-Star of choice), but unless you're willing to commit the time and effort to becoming one, it won't happen, even if you have the same chemicals and tools to detail a car. I am not saying this to diss the the efforts of the do-it-yourselfers or weekend warriors. But there is a certain amount of is a skill involved in this art-form. Ask anyone who buffs/polishes/corrects with a rotary how long it took to master the techniques for that tool. And new products and pads are changing all the time, which requires a "learning curve" and adaptation of those skills. The REAL science is within those companies that develope these new tools, products, and chemicals for us to try out and advance this "art" of car-care.
 
Lonnie said:
If you were to ask Kenny Brown, there is NO ONE better to explain the science behind this art (craft?). For the "gifted" detailers (yes, they truly are gifted) who have applied their abilities to this "art" and then shared their techniques with us within this forum, I have to give a big "Thanks" in appreciation. Thre are alot of "wannabes" within this forum and who wouldn't like to be like (you pick the Autopia All-Star of choice), but unless you're willing to commit the time and effort to becoming one, it won't happen, even if you have the same chemicals and tools to detail a car. I am not saying this to diss the the efforts of the do-it-yourselfers or weekend warriors. But there is a certain amount of is a skill involved in this art-form. Ask anyone who buffs/polishes/corrects with a rotary how long it took to master the techniques for that tool. And new products and pads are changing all the time, which requires a "learning curve" and adaptation of those skills. The REAL science is within those companies that develope these new tools, products, and chemicals for us to try out and advance this "art" of car-care.
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Who the heck is Kenny Brown?



Or are you referring to Kevin Brown?
 
BOTH! You have to learn to be a chemist almost to get to know all of the products and how they would work together... an art? Have you seen the work some of these guys do? I'm WAAAAYYY down on the totem pole when it comes to pretty much most of these guys... and I consider myself pretty decent at the work.



I give anyone who does this type of work credit.. it's hard work and not always easy to get the results you want.



Anyway, yeah I think it's both and even more to be honest.
 
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