Summer coming to AZ.

jgg85234 said:
I have big trees on both ends of the pool. By late afternoon, no sunburn there either.

That's about the hottest the pool ever gets. Our last house didn't have any trees around it, and the summertime water temperature would be in the high 90s.

Of course, the way the wind blows, 100% of the leaves somehow end up in the pool in the fall. Large price to pay to keep the pool a little cooler.

Jim
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Our pool is empty, drained it a while back. I have heard prices of refinishing around 15k. I am not a big water person, probably why I was Air Force and not Navy. That pool was worse than any car project I ever had. At least the cars had a tapering off or end. The pool was like the Govt. just sucking me dry with filling, parts, chemicals, electricity. I don't miss it.

Dave
 
davidc said:
The scary part of 116-118 is usually low and in reality it will be 2-4 or more than it is really going to be. We do not want to scare people you know.

Dave
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But at least that scares everyone off so we keep the nicest winters in the US. They can have their snow.
 
If it's empty, the plaster shell will crack in the heat.

Do you have it covered?

Jim
 
jgg85234 said:
If it's empty, the plaster shell will crack in the heat.

Do you have it covered?

Jim
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It was already cracking an losing water. That was one of the main reasons it was drained. Now if it would crack and collapse in on itself it would save me from renting a jackhammer before it gets filled in.

Dave
 
Jomax said:
But at least that scares everyone off so we keep the nicest winters in the US. They can have their snow.
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That's what I thought in 77 when we moved here. I remember telling the wife "we are good now, nobody in their right mind would live here". That hasn't worked out so well.

Dave
 
davidc said:
That's what I thought in 77 when we moved here. I remember telling the wife "we are good now, nobody in their right mind would live here". That hasn't worked out so well.

Dave
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Perhaps your statement is correct ;)

Jim
 
Jomax said:
104 outside, hood of my black truck,(ignore the messy hood) was working In dirt all week.

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Incase it's hard to read, it says 184degrees. It's hot!!! I know it's really bad for the paint, but I've always wanted to fry an egg on the hood lol.
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Wow, you win the hot rod contest. I can see the hood paint dieing. That temp and whatever the engine adds to it sounds like a definate killer.

Dave
 
Wow that paint is HOT!!!

Jomax, can you retake the paint temperature this weekend at the heat's peak? I'm curious if the black paint will reach 200F when it's 118F outside in the middle of the day.
 
Marc08EX said:
Wow that paint is HOT!!!

Jomax, can you retake the paint temperature this weekend at the heat's peak? I'm curious if the black paint will reach 200F when it's 118F outside in the middle of the day.
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I sure will! Will also be washing the truck for the first time in a month this evening hopefully(I know shame on me) I applied UPW right before summer, I'm curious if there is any left. Will post beading shots.
 
Well.. You guys will hate me. Took an unexpected trip up north and skipped the heat wave. I did wash the truck and I'm glad to say UPW is holding up great on the truck, hood included. I applied it back in April, I know it's only three months, but AZ is hard on all waxes. I promise when we get another heat wave( and we will), I'll get the temp.
 
What we deal with in AZ, enjoy!

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5min after the first two pics

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We had one go through here last week. The Wife's Desert Sand wasn't to bad but the Daughters Twilight Blue looked like pancake batter. Not a hint of dark blue was in sight. I think she drove it like that for about 3 day's before I washed it on a Saturday.

Dave
 
We haven't had any dust storms yet.
At least it finally rained, although so far, it hardly qualifies as rain.

3:30PM Temperature 82 degrees - relief from the 115s we've been having.

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My wife's Pathfinder got hit on January 17th. This is the first time since then that we've had any rain. A few drops, and cooler temperatures - I'll take it!

Jim
 
Saw these on the 'evening news'...no thanx!

I can only imagine the mess afterwards...

Bill
 
Jomax said:
I'll take it over snow storms lol.
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When I lived on the East Coast it wasn't so much the snow storms that bothered me as it was the kiss of death to sheet metal and anything vehicle related (Rust). I remember having gallons of penetrating oil, hammers,chisels,hacksaws etc. just to work on them. In the last 36 years I have been here I rarely use any of those things now and when I do it is not because of rust. Vehicles here pretty much last forever unless you take them out on the road with the people that think they know how to drive (but that appears to be everywhere).

Dave
 
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