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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 4138304, member: 19165"]What he's saying is, the high points are a very small area and if there's just a bit of wear, it may be difficult to see (especially in pictures). </p><p><br /></p><p>However, the fields are a wide open area. A bit of rub here will be seen as a much larger area of disturbance, and will be easier to see, especially in a picture. </p><p><br /></p><p>The "protected areas" he refers to are where the devices meet the fields - in the nooks and crannies around the stars or folds of hair or such. These protected areas of the fields are not the wide open fields where you'll see a disturbance, and so the luster will remain in these areas for a long time. Even as low as EF-40, you'll often see luster in the protected areas of the fields (not the devices, or high points).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 4138304, member: 19165"]What he's saying is, the high points are a very small area and if there's just a bit of wear, it may be difficult to see (especially in pictures). However, the fields are a wide open area. A bit of rub here will be seen as a much larger area of disturbance, and will be easier to see, especially in a picture. The "protected areas" he refers to are where the devices meet the fields - in the nooks and crannies around the stars or folds of hair or such. These protected areas of the fields are not the wide open fields where you'll see a disturbance, and so the luster will remain in these areas for a long time. Even as low as EF-40, you'll often see luster in the protected areas of the fields (not the devices, or high points).[/QUOTE]
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