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Oooo black huh, first detail on a black car, you'll have fun with it trust me lol. 1. You should be ok if the drive is short. Id recommend maybe doing a quick wipe down when you get home if you see any dust (use a spray wax, even the spray wax you'll be using to clay with) just to be safe and...

Gotta love feeling that 50/50. I did a dodge ram a few months ago, the previous owner had someone build a house right next to him...and well..they painted it. The paint felt like sand paper. THAT was a lot of freakin work to clay all that off but it turned out so smooth in the end, it was worth it.

Just becareful when you start to HEAR too much dragging, then its time to knead the clay. Also i forgot to add, keep a MF with you..after you clay a section, wiipe it dry and then use a dry hand to check your area, you should have no problems though :). Id also mention hoods/roofs/trunks are...

You generally want to put just light pressure on the clay...as for movement some people go really fast, but from my experience that doesn't give the clay as much time to grab onto the contaminants so just an average speed...id say about the hand speed that you'd use to sand wood (approx?)...

Thanks, i think ill pick it up and get to reading :) Sounds like good advice. Do you have any links at all to good starter machines? Ive never sewed anything in my LIFE lol, but im pretty crafty/creative and have agood touch for things (probably cause im a musician more than anything). Ok i...

So i did an ebay search on the book title and this is what pulled up http://www.ebay.com/sch/Books-/267/i.html?_nkw=Stockel+Auto+Service+and+repair+&_cqr=true&_nkwusc=Stockel+Auto+Service+and+Reapir&_rdc=1 Quite a few versions lol..which one should i go with?:eyecrazy:

Maybe i missed it earlier in the thread but, do you have a link to the set you're talking about?

Everything i know is either self taught or taught by someone who was also self taught lol...'schooling' has done very little for me...not to say its worthless, i just think the structure and system of our schooling is pretty poor unless you luck up with a very open minded teacher...but what do i...

You will love the clay bar. You know when you clean a car and wax it...and then go to remove the wax and you feel that 'drag'...thats the leftover contaminants that washing DIDNT remove..i HATE that, so much so that now even on my low level wash and wax jobs, i do a clay bar...period. The time...

Ill start with the MF towels first. First way to help keep them in good shape is to have certain ones you only use for drying, others you only use for polish and wax removal, a 3rd set preferably for just windows, and then any that are in dirty shape but not horrible can get used on rims and...

Awesome, that looks like a good place to start. Sooo do you think i could talk you into maybe doing a full how to/ walk through write up with lots of detailed pictures for the next one you do (start to finish?) I know it really takes time to take the pics, edit and post them etc but it sure...

Thank you...and i will :thumbup: lol thanks man, be careful w/that last line though, you might be 'promoting' me! It depends on how good of a painter you are or are having do it for you lol. Paint polishes out differently than bare aluminum so the shine will be 'different' so to speak but...

Pretty cool...i wish they had some pictures of them installed and actually being used (things hanging from them), id kinda like to see how it all looks, but awesome deal :thumbup:

hahaha thats good, i like that and its SO true. All the things i like are so damn expensive...music, cars, detailing, boats, tools...ugh...no wonder im broke lol

I picked these up from tooltopia.com http://www.tooltopia.com/search.aspx?find=KDT9701A 8 piece SAE set of gearwrench flex head with a free 4 piece completer set...so 12 in total ranging from 5/16 to 1"

Nice, have a link?

Have any books that you came across (titles?) in particular that you found most helpful and explained from the ground up? I wouldn't mind a good mechanics book to read also to kind of get an idea more so of how cars work...ive read some and always am reading on places like this but wouldn't...

I understand, i guess...even if i dont DO it myself, id like to UNDERSTAND it more...to have an idea of what is being done..the process of it, the tools involved and measurements made etc. Im not sure id get into it right away, space is tight as it is lol, but id still like to learn about it if...

I stayed on top of refilling the coolant...it never RAN hot except for the day it blew...it ran fine on the freeway (enough air i suppose to keep it cool) but when i got onto side streets she started getting pretty high...the Big Fella up stairs must have been with me because, i pulled into the...

Hey all, so im looking to possibly buy a fixer upper boat..maybe turn it over by summer. I can work with paint, im decent with mechanics (though still learning i do have a general knowledge), but INTERIORS are mystery to me! I can CLEAN them, but when you start talking about something that is...