A recent project needed some sanding with
3M Sanding Sponges, and I discovered a flaw in their system. You can see the three grades: Microfine, Ultrafine, and Superfine. Okay... so which is roughest and which is finest? Those three words have no default relation to each other, so the labels become useless. Adding a number to the label would help, which I did later with a Sharpie - and for the record, from roughest to finest (
according to their website) it's Super, then Ultra, then Micro. Now I'm just waiting for them to develop an even finer grade - which they'll call Super-Micro? Ultra-Micro? Super-Duper-Ultra-Micro??
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3 comments:
I think I go through this every time trying to set the video quality on my Sony - obscure terms like SP HQ EQ and the like that have bedeviled me since the VHS days.
the next grade might be uber-fine.
Steve, I'm guessing we'll have the same problem with HD becoming UltraHD becoming... MegaHD?? Ericka, yep, we may need to start borrowing words (or prefixes) from other languages!
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