I hate threads with acronyms. If you're too lazy to spell all-in-one or Meguiars or Autogeek, I'm not reading your post.
I hate threads wherein new guys are berated for asking new-guy questions. I've got news for you guys: Every single question about detailing except for new products has been asked and answered on this forum. If beginners didn't ask beginner questions and get answers, the number of posts here would drop 70%.
I really, really, really hate threads with 4,765 before and after images:
Unless you're selling the stuff, do you really need to line up every single product and tool on the hood of the car?
Do you really need to take 15 pictures of the same paint defect from 15 different angles? It's a swirl. I get it. Take one great before photo and one great after photo.
Digital cameras are great because there's no film to buy, process and print. Digital cameras are Satan's spawn because there's no film to buy, process and print. In the good old days, you had 24 or 36 frames to buy, shoot, process and print. You thought about the subject, lighting and composition. Every shot also cost money. You actually thought about each shot.
Now, everybody thinks every single picture they snap is:
A. A great shot.
B. An important shot.
C. An interesting shot.
D. Interesting to everyone on the planet.
I know you think everything you do is great. That's why you have a Facebook page detailing your life. That's why you Tweet everything you do. Wake up. Nobody cares!
Learn to use a camera and post a few of your best shots. Put the rest on your Facebook page.
Taking pictures of cars in direct sunlight is good for one reason only: Before/after correction images. Beauty shots of cars should only be taken in indirect sunlight, preferably during in the one hour after sunrise or one hour before sunset.
How about those multi-sealant test threads wherein guys test 10 different sealants on ten different panels of the same car? Yeah, that's very scientific because the hood takes the same exact beating as the rear quarter panel or right door.
If you have to clay horizontal surfaces more often than vertical ones, what makes you think testing a bunch of sealants on different panels is worth your time, or more importantly, my time? I know, accolades from people who don't know any better are very important.
I hate threads wherein new guys are berated for asking new-guy questions. I've got news for you guys: Every single question about detailing except for new products has been asked and answered on this forum. If beginners didn't ask beginner questions and get answers, the number of posts here would drop 70%.
I really, really, really hate threads with 4,765 before and after images:
Unless you're selling the stuff, do you really need to line up every single product and tool on the hood of the car?
Do you really need to take 15 pictures of the same paint defect from 15 different angles? It's a swirl. I get it. Take one great before photo and one great after photo.
Digital cameras are great because there's no film to buy, process and print. Digital cameras are Satan's spawn because there's no film to buy, process and print. In the good old days, you had 24 or 36 frames to buy, shoot, process and print. You thought about the subject, lighting and composition. Every shot also cost money. You actually thought about each shot.
Now, everybody thinks every single picture they snap is:
A. A great shot.
B. An important shot.
C. An interesting shot.
D. Interesting to everyone on the planet.
I know you think everything you do is great. That's why you have a Facebook page detailing your life. That's why you Tweet everything you do. Wake up. Nobody cares!
Learn to use a camera and post a few of your best shots. Put the rest on your Facebook page.
Taking pictures of cars in direct sunlight is good for one reason only: Before/after correction images. Beauty shots of cars should only be taken in indirect sunlight, preferably during in the one hour after sunrise or one hour before sunset.
How about those multi-sealant test threads wherein guys test 10 different sealants on ten different panels of the same car? Yeah, that's very scientific because the hood takes the same exact beating as the rear quarter panel or right door.
If you have to clay horizontal surfaces more often than vertical ones, what makes you think testing a bunch of sealants on different panels is worth your time, or more importantly, my time? I know, accolades from people who don't know any better are very important.
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