Random thoughts thread

Price is right is easily my favorite daytime show, or game show for that matter

my grandparents basically raised me and we use to watch it every day in the summer

I still watch it every day working from home

I saw a post on fb that they are doing a stage show in Cedar Park (north Austin) so today I got another notification that the tickets were on presale and I got row I which seems pretty good, in the first block of sections seatings

two tickets

I`m thinking about bringing a picture of my grandparents to occupy the other seat as they are no longer with us
 
they have a little black chevy car ( cruze or something) on price is right and behind it is two large fake palm trees

well played price is right

love me some merlins on tv as well! even though im sure that paint is all messed up.. the model just rubbed her hand across the hood, roof and a pillar/fender
 
Sitting at the tint shop and can hear the key warning dinging in my car. Don`t know how those guys hear that stuff all day, it`s about to drive me mad, lol.
 
if you`re gonna file a fraudulent insurance claim, you had better hope It doesn`t show up on my desk :)

I wish I could share this epic story but im not supposed to...all I can say is people never fail to amaze me with what they think they can get away with (and possibly have gotten away with in the past)
 
Is it wrong to text your client and ask for water bead shots since its raining for days and you want to see how centurion + high gloss beads? lol
 
House of Wax said:
White is such an unsatisfying color to polish...
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Heh heh, whereas I, OTOH, find white *extremely* satisfying! Go figure, huh?


Jeep Wranglers are by far the biggest pain in the butt vehicle to detail
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Ah, that`s interesting! I`ve never had one, but sometimes wonder about picking one up for a winter beater. But NO MORE tough-to-detail vehicles for me, ever, so thanks for the warning.
 
Accumulator said:
Heh heh, whereas I, OTOH, find white *extremely* satisfying! Go figure, huh?




Ah, that`s interesting! I`ve never had one, but sometimes wonder about picking one up for a winter beater. But NO MORE tough-to-detail vehicles for me, ever, so thanks for the warning.
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Expand on the white paint thing. Curious to hear your take.

For me, in one sense it`s easy because it doesn`t show defects. On the other hand, you can do your best work ever and the difference isn`t terribly dramatic.



As far as the Jeep thing.....They are cool vehicles for sure. I`ve always liked them (especially the 4 door ones) and mid way through working on the one I did this past weekend I told my wife we should pick her one up to have more of a "fun" vehicle. Until I looked at the used prices and started laughing. I get the cult following they have. I even understand the rugged simplistic design. But the fit and finish/material quality compared to the price they pull is insane. Detailing one is a royal pain in the butt as well. It`s cramped inside and the outside with all the nooks and crannies takes way longer than it feels like it should (at least for me anyway. I admittedly am not the fastest person in the world)
 
House of Wax- With my "quick maintenance washes" on an easy vehicle (my wife`s A8) taking at least 5 hours, anything that`s a PIA or takes a long time (even if it just seems that way) is off the list..so thanks for the warning. Those "nooks and crannies" would probably drive me nuts!

Yeah, the way I can live with minor marring on white does make it nice in that regard, but I genuinely enjoy getting it not only corrected better than it might really need to be for Real Life, but done to that "wow, just look at that!" level. Like...when M205 doesn`t leave a nice enough finish so at least one burnishing pass with something better is required for satisfaction. Weird, huh? I know, most people are all about getting "depth and jetting" on black or something *just right* on red or whatever...I like certain cars in white/silver and find that getting those "boring colors" the way I want them is pretty rewarding. And the way minor flaws don`t show helps me psychologically in that the flaws that *are* there don`t detract from how nice the rest of it is; nobody else would probably see those flaws but they`d still bug me more on another color.

I`ll never forget how such efforts got my (really trashed, actually) white Crown Vic so nice that its current (if he still has it..) owner wouldn`t take "no, not for sale" for an answer, couldn`t believe that something "so NICE!" could be trouble despite my warnings.
 
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