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In recent magazine (Professional car washing) there was an article that mentioned vacuuming. Basically to get maximum airflow they put a few gallons of water in the shop vac and took the filter off. Used the water for filtration. Anyone do this? I take my filter off when I am extracting...

I have a bunch of PVA Sponges if anyone is interested. Larger ones are 7" x 3" x 1.25", Medium ones are 4.5" x 2" x 1.5". They come in sealed packages of 1 Large or 2 Medium. They are Blue or Yellow. I've been using them for a lot of interior cleaning tasks and for applying LSP. 4...

I was in a Kmart tonight and they had the 4 pack Magic Erasers for wheels and tires clearanced for $1. Picked up everything they had (9 boxes). They were in the auto supply section.

I'm a sucker for different colors. Normally I switch from Sams Club Blue and Costco Yellow towels. While in SC over the holiday I stopped in Sams Club and they had 25 packs of Orange Microfiber towels ($11). My local store in VA also has the Orange towels in. Hopefully they will stock Blue...

If you know what I am talking about, my guess is you hate them too. Unless of course you have a super way of getting them off. I'm talking about those little black purple dots from some sort of tree. The are about the size of a roller ball in a pen and drive me nuts. Usually when I encounter...

I have one of those cheap yellow 2500 watt proforce coleman generators. It's ran pretty well but other day something started making a nasty rattling noise. Noise was for a few seconds at start up and would appear at various loads and speeds. I removed some things so I could see around the...

Well I came home tonight to find the 742G bucket heater sitting at my door. I ordered mine from PBS Animal Health - complete livestock health product catalog for dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, sheep, goats and more Price was $30.26 plus $7.50 shipping handling charge for under $75 order. I...

In my setup I run a shurflo pump to my pressure washer and to my garden hose (I use air hose though). I use the pressure washer now and then but mainly use the air hose. Over time my quick connects wore out and I had mismatched sets of male female fittings. I've needed to replace them for...

Couple days ago I noticed one of the local Big Lots had the Meguiar brush on clearance. X1000 interior brush $1.50, X1120 Slide lock brush $1.50. Several others were there as well. All seemed to be priced at 1/2 off. I picked up 10 of each of the two I mentioned. Not sure if all Big Lots...

Noticed at Big Lots tonight they had this in 16oz spray bottle for $2.99. I've never used it before but figured worth trying out.

Recently from Carquest I picked up #104. I noticed mine is labeled differently. On many sites I see #104 Wet Look Paste Wax. Mine says Wet Look Paste Polish. Is there a difference? I like the product except that it has the consistency of warm pudding. Seems like it should have been in a...

If for instance you washed your car and waxed it with say p21s each week. I suspect after a certain point (several coats) the wax isn't going to build any more that you'd be just maintaining a level. Curious to know if I am wrong.

Last year was first time I tried this type of product. I picked up a gallon of QEW, then orders 3 galllons. I don't use it all the time in my business but I use it often enough. A while back I tried a 32oz bottle of ONR. Ignoring the smell I tried it a couple times and didn't like it. The...

Anyone use one? Seems like it would be a neat tool to have but the cost is too much for me. Hundreds to thousands of dollars isn't likely to happen. I read on a few sites Gloss meters measure the distinctness of image gloss. They can be as simple as a sheet of paper with a graduated scale of...

Last week there were a couple of mornings that I left out and thought it was a tad chilly. One morning I dug my sweatshirt out from under my buffer bags. I keep one in the truck all year long just in case I need it. It was in no condition to be worn though due to age and crap that has spilled...

Target has single subject spiral notebooks for $.25 for 10 pack. Each is 70 pages. At 2.5 cents a notebook I'm now the owner of 780 notebooks (unless they stop my wife from buying the second batch). Should last the kids through college. Had other stuff on clearance too.

Here is the basics Car wouldn't start, jumping no go, battery seems fine, popped the clutch and got it started and drove home. Cleaned battery terminals no help. Got underneath tightened up solenoid wires. Now it starts just fine but the starter is making noise during start up. Figuring maybe...

Ok many years ago I remember reading about tire dressings causing spotting on light colored panels. Always seemed to be solvent dressings that were mentioned. These spots seemed to disappear over several months. I only encountered it one time on a white pontiac. The indeed went away after a...

I recently added a pressure washer back to my set up after many years. Until this afternoon I was disconnecting the hose from my pump set up to the pressure washer. I don't use the pressure washer all the time. Now I have a Y connection so that I can use the regular hose or the pressure...

I added a pressure washer back into my equipment a few weeks ago. It has been around 10 years since I last used one detailing. One thing that is bugging me is the length of the lance. Guess 3 ft or so. There are certain areas that it is difficult to hit such as the lip inside the wheel well...