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Like Mike said. Knock down all the surface shine. Either by running through lots of "Tunnel of Death" washes or by abrading the surface smoothness away with, as he suggested, extremely fine wet sanding discs. You could also get a 3m abrasive foam surface prep pad to dull the surface. There are...

There is one 'feature" that is never discussed by ANY headset manufacturer. Will they work correctly for someone that MUST wear glasses. It wouldn't be that difficult to make either the optic in the headset adjustable, or to make it possible to install small corrective lenses into the headset...

Wow! That's even less expensive than the no longer available harbor freight meter. They were like 60 bucks. Where did you find it? Never mind. I found it, and a lot of other on Ebay. Some UNDER 10 Bucks!! Just typed in Paint Thickness Meter. All from ChinaInc.

Only the very first paragraph was my writing. Everything past is a copy/pasted from the sites listed. Personally, I have never heard of Buckeye Supply. I Googled the name and came up with oilfield supply companies, a football memorabilia company, engineering supply companies, and a heating and...

I misplaced these instructions for the last six years. Just could never find them. They require the use of Lye and Muriatic acid. I would suggest rubber gloves (not the thin disposable gloves either). And a rubber chemistry lab apron wouldn't be overkill. Forgive the strange spelling since some...

No kids on my entire block. I gave up on Halloween twenty years ago. There are not even an Christmas Lights. I had to drive ten blocks to find the first smashed pumpkin in the street. I guess that's what happens when over the last 50 years all the houses except for 2 have been torn down and...

Yes. The clear is just a chemical that will "evaporate" Most of the damage is caused by it sacrificially giving up it's depth to protect the color coat below it. In order of lifespan. A car will have it's finish last the longest when it is always garaged and only in the sun to be driven. Next...

Most recent (2014) Godzilla movie. Gotta keep up my giant lizard quota.

I have tried every soap I have in my foam gun and they all foam like crazy at the instant they are sprayed on. But some soap have a much longer cling factor. And it does not seem to be related to the cost of the soap either. I still keep coming back to snow foam. I just like the smell, the last...

To elaborate on my previous post. I only use the filtered water for the final rinse. And even then it is hooked up to an electric pressure washer with the wide fan nozzle. And I do a plain hose water rinse first to wash all the residual soap off the car. The pressure washer CR filtered water...

Iron-X I am still on my first gallon jug (5 L?). Stinks worse than a week old litter box but it sure does remove all the rail dust on new cars. And that is the only thing I use it on. Other than really cruddy wheels.

Life span of the resins is determined by how "dirty" your water is. If your raw water has very low dissolved solids you may get 50 washes (or more) on a pair of resin cartridges. But with very high dissolved solid numbers you may start showing high numbers on the post filter water after just a...

A long time ago I got a few 6" Maroon Pads and could never get a good result with them. They didn't have enough "bite" to eliminate small surface scratches, yet they were aggressive enough to always leave an annoying mar in the paint. I eventually got rid of them by using them to apply Megs...

Very nicely done Video. Good tracking shots with detail shots cut in. Very smooth pans and stops. And quite decent boom to show the roof. Hard to do with no support, just two hands on the balance rig. And what needs to be said about the vehicle correction. Just perfect :dblthumb2:

Years ago I burned through the paint just using Meguiars cleaner wax. But you will need to go with a fairly aggressive cleaner/polish on the bare aluminum metal cover on the front (and possibly the fenders if they are the same no slip aluminum). I used a foam ball on the end of a drill motor...

Replica or not. I sure do like that radiator cap/temperature gauge. Car looks excellent.

That's a lot of real estate to keep clean and shiny. Turned out great! :dblthumb2:

It's close to Lake Manatee near Bradenton Florida. Just a wee bit to far too go from Santa Monica (the beach) California

Sure. I love getting out my Frankenwax every once in a while. It is the end dregs of every can of carnuba I have ever owned. I just throw all the little pieces in a wax can and when it has enough in it to matter I put it in a pan of hot water until they all melt together. Works fine. Color is...

Old B&W movies on TCM. The original Dr Kildare series of movies from 1940.