Recent content by White95Max

After a long hiatus, it feels good to be back in the world of detailing again. My '99 Protege and I finally parted ways last month after 10 years, and I picked up a 2013 Mazda3i. It sat in the garage for almost a week before getting driven, while I brought the car up to my standards (all normal...

2 weeks ago I bought a 2003 Protege5 for my wife. It had rust in the wheelwells, so part of the deal was that the dealership would fix the rust by sanding and respraying the panels. We'd pay $600 for all four panels to be repainted. They ended up only spraying 3 panels, and after a bit of...

I'm in the process of writing a book (field guide to aquatic plants of the Upper Midwest), and I'm wondering if I should finish the whole thing and then talk to a publisher about it, or should I talk to a publisher (or several) first, to get recommendations on format and the like? Does anyone...

I made a deal with someone to do an exterior detail on their car a few weekends ago, and now that several weekends have passed and they still haven't been able to get the car to me, I decided to find something else to test the UDM on. Testing it on my car wouldn't be much of a test, so I looked...

I took my kayak out on the Wisconsin River this afternoon, and after a couple dozen casts, this monster came up from the depths and grabbed my lure. What a thrill it was to catch that on my ultralight rod and 4lb line, from a kayak no less! :woot: And people told me I'd never catch a...

What's the difference? Is a "diamond accent" a fancy term for an inferior piece of jewelry or what?

I'm looking into buying a purification filter or pitcher for my apartment. Most filtration devices appear to be activated carbon filters, but those do not remove nitrates. I was hoping to find one that can remove nitrates. I realize that the municipal water supply is monitored for nitrates and...

"Cars: Bang on the hood before starting the car, to startle any animals that may be sleeping under there." I wonder how many people do this on a regular basis? NWS shows that we'll be dropping way below 0*F tonight, and will not see any temperatures above 0*F until Tuesday afternoon. :aww:

I can't spell the current month, but I'm qualified to clean/drive your $50K car! It was misspelled on BOTH sides of the sign too. Awful. Then there's this one. I was at a friend's apartment and he made a pizza for lunch. I was looking at the label...what exactly IS the suggested...

I ordered a new watch through the mail, and the metal band is way too big for me, so I need to remove some links. The pic shows the pin that I'm supposed to compress. I have some tiny jewelry screwdrivers, but I'm still having a lot of trouble. Has anyone done this before, that might be able...

I got pulled over this morning and was given a 10-day warning about my tinted windows. So now I need to take it off of the front windows. How do I go about doing this myself, or can I do it myself?

I'm due for new tires (My Fuzion ZRi set is dead after about 4K) so I'm looking at the BF-Goodrich G-Force Sports and Kumho Ecsta ASX in 205/50/15. The Fuzions performed very well, but the treadwear was horrendous. I kept them inflated to 36PSI always. The BFG is an ultra high-performance...

I finally got around to trying my 4* medium cut compound on a blue S10 today. Here are the results after 1 pass of the MCC: The product was very easy to use, and left very little hazing on the dark paint.

Exterior only: Wash with QEW/S&G Wheels and tires washed with TOL Bubble Bath. Excel sheepskin mitt for wheels, Meg's Versa-Angle Tire Brush for tires. Wheels dried with Excel RipTide mini-WW. Klasse AIO via PC and blue Propel pad - speed 5 Meg's #16 by hand with Propel 4" blue pad and...

First of all, if anyone has any tips to make the learning process quicker/easier, I'd love to hear them. Anyway, I was teaching someone how to drive stick yesterday and it was actually her first time being in a M/T car. The first thing I had her do was learn where the clutch's engagement point...