Recent content by Shtexas

Yes you have to strip the whole barrel to remove all of the corrosion and the old clearcoat. If you painted over the old clearcoat where it hadn't bubbled it would possibly bubble later and lift anything you put over it.

You could try GlistenPc, it's a little expensive but it's holding up well on my boats aluminum. It's a 2 part clearcoat made for aluminum that you can spray or brush on, then takes 3 days to fully cure. It was $80 for a quart.

I'm not sure if it's just the clear coat lifting and bubbling, but it looks like it caused the same type of corrosion I saw on my boats window frame where it was poorly powdercoated. It left some serious pitting that I had to grind away. The information you got from the old time restoration...

They're awesome cars, one of the few that break the 100hp per liter narturally aspirated barrier. They were sold in the US, but they're still pretty rare. A used low mileage one in good condition sells for pretty close to what they were new

I have a 12 gauge 100ft utilitech contractor grade extension cord that weighs 13lbs, it wasn't cheap but it will last a long time. It's pure copper wire so I always make sure to wrap it following the cords natural twist. I think the stiffness has a lot to do with the material the jacket is made...

Check out agriculture stores nearby, one close to me sells tons of different spray bottles. They even carry the generic kwazar bottles with the white sprayer (white sprayer means viton seals, black is regular) for half the cost.

-The duragloss 451 aerosol carpet cleaner works well to clean carpets, and it's the best marine vinyl cleaner I've ever used. -The 501/105 combo gives outstanding durability and uv protection. -The 931 rinseless wash with aquawax is awesome for washing during the winter or whenever in your...

That tire makes me cringe thinking of having to clean all of that silicone off of the body panels and scrubbing it off of those massive tires. I'm not a fan of super gloss tire products, I prefer products like ultima trim and tire and tuf shine. They keep the deep black look to your tires with...

That was a disgusting interior, I don't understand how people can destroy their cars and let their kids do the same. That looks like a Mercedes e wagon, not a cheap car either.

It works really well to blow out pads if you attach the inflator nozzle. It concentrates the air pressure really well, plus it's heated and dry air. I bought it to blow the air out all the crevices on my bike and use it all the time now.

If the boat is awlgrip don't polish it at all, you can ruin the finish and at a cost of around $20k depending on the boat size that's not something you want to do. Awlcraft can be polished though. Washing the boat with oxalic acid helps a ton with removing stains and embedded dirt, you just...

Looks great now, huge turn around! I see you used the 303 cleaner for the top. If you didn't already know, you can dilute it to get more out of each bottle without losing much strength. I use it all the time for cleaning boat canvas and only use it full strength for the dirtiest moldiest canvas.

Those leather seats were so dirty before, I wouldn't even want to sit in them. They look brand new after, great results. Was the microfiber pad that you used the upholstery scrub pad, or just a normal microfiber pad?

Being that you started with 2500 grit those don't look like tracers left over by you, but they're all straight lines left to right and up and down giving a swirled look. There is always a chance a bodyshop did a repaint and those are tracers left over from their more aggressive wet sanding. I...

Those don't look like swirls left over, they appear to be tracers from the wetsanding by hand.