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How does Meguiar's pick their numbers? And what happened to #8?

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    How does Meguiar's pick their numbers? And what happened to #8?

    I get it a little bit; #6, #16, #26, #66; waxes. All ending in "6". #20, #21; sealants. Side by side.

    But in the MG line; #1 is medium cut, #2 is fine cut... but then #3 is Machine Glaze, #4 is heavy cut, and #5 is New Car Glaze? And in the BSP line, it goes from strongest to mildest 85-84-83-82-81... and then #80, between #83 and #82?

    I'm not confused at all, I know what everything does... but I'm really very curious as to how the numerical system was devised, and if there's any hidden logic to it.


    Tom
    As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way.
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    Their is no system to it, they are must reference numbers, that's it. For the most part, new numbers are chosen by what hasn'te been already taken.
    Mike Phillips
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    • #3
      Cool! I claim #8, then! #8 will be... Mosca Mirror Glaze for Mirrors!


      Tom
      As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way.

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      • #4
        I heard once that they are numbered in the order Meguiars made the product. They came up with a paint cleaner and numbered it #1, then needed something less agressive, #2, then they needed a glaze-#3, then the need for something really agressive, #4 and so on...............
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Mosca
          Cool! I claim #8, then! #8 will be... Mosca Mirror Glaze for Mirrors!


          Tom
          Sorry Tom, that part number was taken in 1950

          Mike Phillips
          760-515-0444
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Superior Shine
            I heard once that they are numbered in the order Meguiar's made the product. They came up with a paint cleaner and numbered it #1, then needed something less aggressive, #2, then they needed a glaze-#3, then the need for something really aggressive, #4 and so on...............
            This is true and kind of the same thing I posted. Meguiar's started out with a few products and numbered them with part numbers starting with the number 1 which was Mirror Bright Hand Cleaner. Then as the company and the product line grew, the next available number would be chosen in some cases, but later down the road as different product lines evolved modifications had to be considered.

            For example, in our Mold Release line, M08 Maximum Mold Release wax was introduced in 1950.



            Then in 2003 Meguiar's' introduced an entire Mold Release line of products which included to new breakthrough liquid synthetic products, a Release and a Sealer.


            We used numbers that were already being used for our Professional Line, but added the letter V to the part number, for example,

            VelocityTM VM80 Speed CutTM Mold Compound



            The important thing to remember is that there is not order to the numbers as far as choosing which products to use and the order in which to apply them, nor do the numbers signify how aggressive, or non-aggressive the products are.

            They are simply part numbers for quick reference.
            Mike Phillips
            760-515-0444
            showcargarage@gmail.com
            "Find something you like and use it often"

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            • #7
              The important thing to remember is that there is not order to the numbers as far as choosing which products to use and the order in which to apply them, nor do the numbers signify how aggressive, or non-aggressive the products are.
              Ah; so now I see it. The issue is conceptual. Although numbers are ordinal by nature, they are not being used ordinally by Meguiar's! They are being used as signifiers instead; names. But they were CHOSEN ordinally.

              Can I use #17 then, for Mirror Mirror Glaze?


              Tom
              Last edited by Mosca; Jul 2, 2005, 08:13 PM.
              As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Mosca
                Can I use #17 then, for Mirror Mirror Glaze?

                Tom
                No, M1708 is our Plastic Cleaner
                M17 Plastic Cleaner

                Mike Phillips
                760-515-0444
                showcargarage@gmail.com
                "Find something you like and use it often"

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                • #9
                  M-17 is pretty good stuff.

                  I cleaned up a light scratch on a CD laser lens with it.
                  r. b.

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                  • #10
                    LOL, you guys used up all the numbers!


                    Tom
                    As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way.

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