Ajaxus
05-26-2007, 12:55 AM
Sounds odd, eh? Read on.
I recently invested in a pair of new Ray Ban Polarized Aviator's, never having bought a pair of polarized sunglasses. Now the thing I learned in the store from the gorgeous female clerk, I soo wish I had pics, is that polarized lenses do two things: block glare, intensify colors.
So where does this come into detailing?
If I climb in my car right now and just glance at the dash, I can see a speck of dust here and there. But if I put on my new sunglasses, my dash looks like it has an inch of dust/dirt on it, no lie. Basically it does what I described above, it cuts back on the glare of the sun or other light source off of the dash and intensifies the colors of the dust/dirt on the dash making it far more visible.
The same happens with windows. I look at cars in the parking lot, their windows look clear. I throw on the sunglasses and voila, tons of dirt on these windows.
SO, the big test. The one I want to try out, but hopefully I can get coupe to do it since it appeals to his specialty more..swirls. When we polish cars, we view the swirls before and after with a bright halogen..but the halogen creates TONS of glare. There may be swirls escaping us that we can't see, and it is in my opinion that polarized lenses are the key to seeing these swirls.
So for those of you that have OCD with having a clean car, get ready. Because if you buy some polarized sunglasses..your car will never be clean again.
FYI, coupe says autopia has a thread on the subject..so I may have to run a search there to see if they did a swirl test.
I recently invested in a pair of new Ray Ban Polarized Aviator's, never having bought a pair of polarized sunglasses. Now the thing I learned in the store from the gorgeous female clerk, I soo wish I had pics, is that polarized lenses do two things: block glare, intensify colors.
So where does this come into detailing?
If I climb in my car right now and just glance at the dash, I can see a speck of dust here and there. But if I put on my new sunglasses, my dash looks like it has an inch of dust/dirt on it, no lie. Basically it does what I described above, it cuts back on the glare of the sun or other light source off of the dash and intensifies the colors of the dust/dirt on the dash making it far more visible.
The same happens with windows. I look at cars in the parking lot, their windows look clear. I throw on the sunglasses and voila, tons of dirt on these windows.
SO, the big test. The one I want to try out, but hopefully I can get coupe to do it since it appeals to his specialty more..swirls. When we polish cars, we view the swirls before and after with a bright halogen..but the halogen creates TONS of glare. There may be swirls escaping us that we can't see, and it is in my opinion that polarized lenses are the key to seeing these swirls.
So for those of you that have OCD with having a clean car, get ready. Because if you buy some polarized sunglasses..your car will never be clean again.
FYI, coupe says autopia has a thread on the subject..so I may have to run a search there to see if they did a swirl test.