Winterizing my snowblower with PBL Part 1

Hello fellow AG folks. I got a little bored on Saturday and decided to winterize my snowblower. I bought last week from a friend/co-worker who was selling his house and moving into an apartment (smart man, LOL).

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Here's a few before shots...

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For this task I didn't think I needed to breakout the foam lance so I did a presoak using ONR at RW dilution ration and a few sprays of some D101...

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After a good presoak, brushing and rinsing you can see there's no beading, no sheeting, no protection...

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I just had to...

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I brought it into the basement for a good drying and to see what was under that dirt after washing...

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Time to play with the clay. WG Uber is a great clay lube...

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Going after the swirls with Megs. UP and the trusty ol' PC...

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Wow, what a difference...

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Let's clean it up to prepare for some PBL love...

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Oh, let's not forget the plastics and the trims...

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Wanted to top off that coating...

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To be continued...

I'm hoping we have a winter like last year. I doubt it though. Setec, I doubt my garage looks like yours. Yours has way more product and is way more neater. LOL

Puckman said:

Wow! That's awesome and you'll probably enjoy using that thing more now. Just curious...was it single stage or clearcoated?

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It was clearcoated but the clearcoat must have been very thin. Some areas seem to put orange on the pad.