Super Rod Mag Article and Meguiar's

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In the Feb 2004 Super Rods magazine there is an article on paint finishing. In the article the following was stated.



14. Meguiar’s also makes some nice compounds, and they work great. Meguiar’s products do not have abrasives and because of that, they do not leave swirls marks.



All the author could have easily check for abrasives by opening the bottle and pouring out a drop and rub between is fingers, to check for abrasiveness. By swirls marks the authors means those left after using a rotary. A bottle of Meg’s #85 and #82 are pictured in the article for this caption. According the Meg’s website these products do contain abrasives. I wonder where the author obtained this information. Various 3M compounds, polishes and glazes were used in the article. 3M makes excellent product as does Meguiar's and use abrasive products from both.



Eric
 
Quote: Super Rod Mag Article and Meguiar's







~One man’s opinion, observation~



I know from first hand experience the only experience / qualification you need to write an article are your writing skills, although most times specialist magazines usually ask writers with experience/knowledge





~Hope this helps~





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justadumbarchitect * so i question everything*
 
The author obviously doesn't know what he's talking about. What he says in some article isn't going to affect my standings on what I've tested and proven to be an efficient compound. He definitely should have given more detail as to which products on the line he is referring to.
 
OMG...where do I sign up to write for this mag...dude obviously has *no* idea what he's talking about.
 
I think it’s interpretation and misunderstanding. For example, Mike Phillips says a few of Meguiar’s abrasive products are "non-abrasive," despite the fact it could remove swirls. Perhaps to Meguiar’s, abrasive means to scratch?
 
BW said:
I think it’s interpretation and misunderstanding. For example, Mike Phillips says a few of Meguiar’s abrasive products are "non-abrasive," despite the fact it could remove swirls. Perhaps to Meguiar’s, abrasive means to scratch?
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Very true. That's why it's important to clarify these types of things. He may have clarified that in some other part of his article, if we could only read the whole thing.
 
BW said:
I think it’s interpretation and misunderstanding. For example, Mike Phillips says a few of Meguiar’s abrasive products are "non-abrasive," despite the fact it could remove swirls. Perhaps to Meguiar’s, abrasive means to scratch?
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I dunno man...it would be pretty silly to have a detailing product that scratched your car. The thing is that he's supposed to be a writer and supposed to have a grasp on the english language. The word abrasive has a meaning, and in the detailing world we all know that there are abrasive and non-abrasive products. Besides that, what product causes swirls?



Sounds like extremely poor research and/or poor command of the language to me...but what do I know. I agree it would be helpful to read the rest of the article, but what could he have done to make that make sense? Redefine the word "abrasive" and redefine the word "swirl marks" to mean something completely different?



As far as Meguiars goes...I find the detailing industry to be rife with poor descriptions and outright lies. Zaino talks about some of their non-abrasive products "removing" swirlmarks if I remeber correctly...and MANY manufacturers define non-abrasives as "polish". Don't even get me started on what the hell a "glaze" is supposed to be. Personally, I just find it pathetic that people are incapable of being precise in their usage of words. I discuss politics a lot of line and am constantly telling people, "that's not what I said...if you read what I said carefully...".



Sorry I don't mean to rant but I do believe this is a point that is relevant to this thread. If someone came out with a line of products that were good and labeled properly and consistently I would probably switch to them just on principal. Some of it is grey-area (glaze) and some of it is imprecise language.
 
BW said:
I think it’s interpretation and misunderstanding. For example, Mike Phillips says a few of Meguiar’s abrasive products are "non-abrasive," despite the fact it could remove swirls. Perhaps to Meguiar’s, abrasive means to scratch?
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No it is pure laziness on the part of the author. My gallon of DACP clearly states that it has abrasives in it. Twice.
 
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