Do you ever forget how good you are?

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violentveedub

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I'm not tooting my own horn here as I'm sure there are plenty better... BUT;



Since I'm a weekend warrior, just doing jobs on the side, I don't pick up the buffer for months at a time sometimes. Right now my car hasn't bee polished in about 4 months and I haven't done any real correction since then either.





I tend to get nervous at this point when someone calls me up for a job(and this weekend I have 3. Typically within a few minutes of starting a job I have to kick back and just say wow, this is turning out really well! I'm constantly surprising myself with my skill level, especially now that I'm more comfortable w/ the rotary...



Does anyone else get this way? Or is it just me? :nervous2:
 
Agreed. I sometimes think I'm a little too critical of my work.... as I'm still just using a PC and limited to the level of correction I can pull off I'll spend tons of time on a customers car, to me its still not perfect, but they'll be blown away by how it looks... I guess spending time on autopia tends to set your standards a little high :har:
 
I was just saying it's a skill that doesn't get used a lot (in my case). When you are called upon to use it, you get surprised at your retention and application of it.



Like using a Math formula you learned years ago...



Or, in the case of the poster above you don't feel you are as good as people's perceptions of you. In the end you look at the final product and realize, well, I am as good as they think.





It's just something that came through my head and I wondered if others had felt that way. If you don't then disregard.
 
Coupe said:
I dont understand this thread
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Pretty lame response IMO. Many of the threads that I read and don't participate in aren't relevant to me but I don't jump in to say it's nonsense.
 
violentveedub said:
I'm constantly surprising myself with my skill level, especially now that I'm more comfortable w/ the rotary...



Does anyone else get this way? Or is it just me? :nervous2:
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i know what you mean... the more you practice something, the better and more comfortable you get. practice makes perfect... :2thumbs:
 
felthove said:
Pretty lame response IMO. Many of the threads that I read and don't participate in aren't relevant to me but I don't jump in to say it's nonsense.
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He said he didn't understand it, not that it was nonsense.
 
It becomes a skill that the vast majority of general car enthusiasts do not possess, much less the overall public. The internet and at least for me, this forum in particular, have given us detailing enthusiasts a means to learn technique and access to products previously unattainable. I surprised myself in the results I acheived using a PC for the first time a couple days ago...my neighbor was stunned as was I. :grinno:
 
Coupe said:
I ussually sit back and thing....dang i gotta go around the car like this 3 more times :lol
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LOL...that's how I think too.



I never really think about how good I am, I always think about how I can improve.
 
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