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rabbi

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a very slick car.I have 3 coats of Opti and 7 coats of Blue. We got 5 to 7 inches of snow yesterday so the streets were heavily salted. My car was covered in salt today so I took to the carwash and used a wand on it. The presoak took all the salt off. The water from this sprinkle setting flushed the salt from the sides of my car. After using this and the rinse I dried my car and went home. Happy that I never had to use the high pressure setting as I do not like to BLAST my cars when there's salt on them.Btw if I do use the high pressure setting I spray from the sides and wash them at an angle and not flush as to not give the paint a direct hit.
 
Very wise not to aim the high pressure directly at the paint. That can't be good for the paint or the paint protection.

I hate the salt too. My black Grand Prix is now CRUSTY GRAY !!!

Just 4 more months to go!!! (It usually turns pretty nice around here in April)

Sounds like you have good protection on your ride!!!


Grand Prix:
Z5 x 2
Z2 x 3
UPPS x 2

Ready for salt.
 
What makes you all stay in climates like that? Jobs must be good and houses must be cheap. I just moved away from Virginia which got a good amount of snow but the cold weather just plain stinks. How do you all stand it?!
 
RUBigDog05 said:
What makes you all stay in climates like that? Jobs must be good and houses must be cheap. I just moved away from Virginia which got a good amount of snow but the cold weather just plain stinks. How do you all stand it?!
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Because I don't like sweating like I just finished working out, and all I've done is sit up (the Irish in me much prefers the cooler days).
 
Don said:
Because I don't like sweating like I just finished working out, and all I've done is sit up (the Irish in me much prefers the cooler days).
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I hear you there, Don. Years ago I knew that hot weather was not for me when I tried to get work in Hawaii. While there I had my first and only experience with the law.

Was walking down the beach in Waikiki, during a rather warm afternoon, when I decided to take off my shirt. Next thing you know I was surrounded by a few of Honolulu's finest. I got arrested for fallout :gathering :rolleyes: :whistling
 
rabbi said:
My family is here!
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That's my exact reason for staying in KC.

I've been offered jobs in Arizona and California which doubled my salary, but it's not worth it when I can't see my boys every week.

Family is more important than money.
 
Well here in Boston real estate is some of the most expensive in the country and jobs are just as slim here as they are anywhere else in the country IMO. But I will never leave. Just like Rabbi said my family is here and that has a lot to do with it. For four years, I lived in Florida and by the end of the fourth year I was itching to get back to Boston.

IMO it's the same thing if you stay indoors because it's too cold during the winter (MA) or whether you stay indoors because it's sweltering hot outside during the summer (FL).
 
10 coats, how was it inbetween coats?
I love the snow, but it looks like I'll never move back up north. From here I'll be going back to TX, and will hopefully stay there. Weather has never played a part in my decisions where to move.
 
Deep,slick and wet. I love the look of a freshly waxed car. I also like how the water beads after a rain. The way nothing adheres to the paint is cool too.
 
So what layers are on top? I use Nattys alot and have been experimenting with OCW a little and am interested in knowing which of these were responsible for your good results this past snow storm.
 
The first 3 layers were Opti which didn't impress me much. The next time I washed my car instead of polishing it and starting over I just put Natty Blue on it. As I continued to wash it I continued to follow up with a coat of Blue. The next time I wash my car and the weather allows me I'll either put another coat of Blue on it or do a layer of Collinite's Insulator Wax.If I get decent weather(above40) for two days and I have the time then I'll probably do a Blue one day and Insulator's the next.Then I'll call it quits for the winter waxing of/on my car.
 
RUBigDog05 said:
What makes you all stay in climates like that? Jobs must be good and houses must be cheap. I just moved away from Virginia which got a good amount of snow but the cold weather just plain stinks. How do you all stand it?!
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Hey I'll be joining you SC guys by the end of next year :punk: I can't wait to leave South Florida. I love the weather but the people are coming in by the bus load every hour. The traffic has doubled and so has the living expenses. Charleston, SC here I come (real southern hospitality)
 
Although off topic, I would take the heat over the cold any day. Atleast with the heat when the wind blows you cool off instantly, if only for the time being, whereas it takes forever to warm up once you're cold. Plus the heat can be miserable but the cold just plain hurts!
And now on topic, Wow that's a lot of coats! I can't wait for my truck to be painted so I can get back to layering up some wax on it!
 
Since relocating here to Dallas, from rabbi's area, we're very much enjoying the winter here as opposed to back home, but if we're still here come summer, oh man we're gonna be miserable I just know.

Cold - you can always add more clothes. Heat - you canonly take so much off!

I was even able to wash and add two more coats of WG's sealant in November down here in Dallas (just got here the end of October). It would have been the luck of the draw back home as to whether I'd have gotten anything more on it in November. Sometimes you can and sometimes you can't.
 
keeotee said:
Since relocating here to Dallas, from rabbi's area, we're very much enjoying the winter here as opposed to back home, but if we're still here come summer, oh man we're gonna be miserable I just know.

Cold - you can always add more clothes. Heat - you canonly take so much off!

I was even able to wash and add two more coats of WG's sealant in November down here in Dallas (just got here the end of October). It would have been the luck of the draw back home as to whether I'd have gotten anything more on it in November. Sometimes you can and sometimes you can't.
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Come on gang cold keeps ya in the house and not doing the things you enjoy, "well most of the things" lol outdoor things anyway,and heat all you need to do is walk into ac and it feels great or jump into a pool. Cold is cold ,you walk into 72 deg house and your still freezin ,and by the way if anyone can afford having their house at 72 I'm coming over. FAMILY is what keeps most of us crazys hear cuz it sure isnt the cost of things. We sure do appreciate our spring summers, and fall though.... :beer_smil
 
glen22 said:
FAMILY is what keeps most of us crazys here cuz it sure isnt the cost of things. We sure do appreciate our spring summers, and fall though.... :beer_smil
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Glen:
If you put your location in your profile, it will show up in the left column under your user name. Then we well all know where here is.

If you are another one in the witness protection program, even an approximate area would help.:)

Charles
 
glen22 said:
Come on gang cold keeps ya in the house and not doing the things you enjoy, "well most of the things" lol outdoor things anyway,and heat all you need to do is walk into ac and it feels great or jump into a pool. Cold is cold ,you walk into 72 deg house and your still freezin ,and by the way if anyone can afford having their house at 72 I'm coming over. :beer_smil
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After spending most of my adult life in arctic conditions I guess I have to take exception to the part where you come out of the cold into a room that is 72 degree's you are still cold. I have not found that to be the case. Guess it is just individual feelings.

I only spend winters in Texas. Have been doing it four years. What I have found is that even a cold day in harker Heights, Texas is hot, as far as I am concerned.
 
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